Chapter 17 · The Three Kinds of Faith

    Verse 10

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 17, Verse 10

    यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yāta-yāmaṁ gata-rasaṁ pūti paryuṣhitaṁ cha yat uchchhiṣhṭam api chāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasa-priyam

    Translation

    That food which is stale, tasteless, putrid, decayed, rejected, unclean, is dear to those of a Tamasic nature.
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