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Bhagavad-gītā 17.9
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 9
- कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः ।
- आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥९॥
- kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣṇa-
- tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥ
- āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā
- duḥkha-śokāmaya-pradāḥ
kaṭubitter — bitter; amlasour — sour; lavaṇasalty — salty; ativery hot-uṣṇavery hot — very hot; tīkṣṇapungent — pungent; rūkṣadry — dry; vidāhinaḥburning — burning; āhārāḥfood — food; rājasasyato one in the mode of passion — to one in the mode of passion; iṣṭāḥpalatable — palatable; duḥkhadistress — distress; śokamisery — misery; āmayadisease — disease; pradāḥcausing — causing.
Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery and disease.