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अध्याय- १७-*- SEVENTEEN
"Food products, which are nutritious , pure, strength and health giving and supplying joy and cheerfulness , savoury, substantial and agreeable are dear to those who are Sattvikas." - 8
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरुक्षविदाहिनः ।। आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥ ९ ॥
"Food products that are bitter, sour, saline excessively, hot, pungent and burning are preferred by those who are Rajasik - They cause pain, grief and disease. " - 9
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषित च यत् । उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥ १० ॥ ___ "Food that is stale, tasteless, putrid, rotten and impure is preferred by those who are Tamsic" - 10
अफलाकातिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते । यष्टव्यमेवेति मन: समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥ ११ ॥
"The sacrifice that is offered without desire for fruit and which is prescribed (by scriptures) with full faith made with a sense of duty is Sattvik." - 11
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