Chapter 17, Verse 9
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः। आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः।।17.9।।
kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ. āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ. .17.9..
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- कटु
- bitter
- अम्ल
- sour
- लवण
- salty
- अति-उष्ण
- excessively hot
- तीक्ष्ण
- pungent
- रूक्ष
- dry
- विदाहिनः
- burning/causing a burning sensation (nom. pl., qualifying foods)
- आहाराः
- foods
- राजसस्य
- of the person of rajasic nature (the rajasic person's)
- इष्टाः
- dear/liked
- दुःख
- pain/suffering
- शोक
- grief/sorrow
- आमय
- disease
- प्रदाः
- causing/giving (they bestow)
Commentary
9. The foods that are bitter, sour, saline, •excessively hot, pungent, dry and burning, are liked by the Rajasic, causing pain, grief and disease.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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कटु
अम्ल
लवण
अति-उष्ण
तीक्ष्ण
रूक्ष
विदाहिनः
आहाराः
राजसस्य
इष्टाः
दुःख
शोक
आमय
प्रदाः
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