BG 17.9
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 9
- कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः ।
- आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥९॥
- kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣṇa-
- tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥ
- āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā
- duḥkha-śokāmaya-pradāḥ
SYNONYMS
kaṭu — bitter; amla — sour; lavaṇa — salty; ati-uṣṇa — very hot; tīkṣṇa — pungent; rūkṣa — dry; vidāhinaḥ — burning; āhārāḥ — food; rājasasya — to one in the mode of passion; iṣṭāḥ — palatable; duḥkha — distress; śoka — misery; āmaya — disease; pradāḥ — causing.
TRANSLATION
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.