BG 17.9

Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1983+) - Chapter 17: The Divisions of Faith

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His Divine Grace
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.

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