Bhagavad Gita 17.10
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्। उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।
yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat| ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam||17.10||
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- यातयामम्
- stale (food that has lost its freshness, kept too long)
- गतरसम्
- devoid of taste/juice (flavorless)
- पूति
- putrid, foul-smelling
- पर्युषितम्
- stale, kept overnight
- च
- and
- यत्
- which
- उच्छिष्टम्
- leftover food (remnants after eating)
- अपि
- also, even
- च
- and
- अमेध्यम्
- impure, unfit for offering
- भोजनम्
- food
- तामसप्रियम्
- dear to one of tamasic (dull/ignorant) nature
Commentary
10. The food which is stale, tasteless, putrid and rotten, refuse and impure, is dear to the Tama sic.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यातयामम्
गतरसम्
पूति
पर्युषितम्
च
यत्
उच्छिष्टम्
अपि
च
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भोजनम्
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