Sanskrit · Devanagari
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः। आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882rough and. burning and which cause pain. grief and disease are desired by the passionate. And the food which is cold
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।17.9।। --,कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः इत्यत्र अतिशब्दः कट्वादिषु सर्वत्र योज्यः? अतिकटुः अतितीक्ष्णः इत्येवम्। कटुश्च अम्लश्च लवणश्च अत्युष्णश्च तीक्ष्णश्च रूक्षश्च विदाही च ते आहाराः राजसस्य इष्टाः? दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः दुःखं च शोकं च आमयं च प्रयच्छन्तीति दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः।।
c709dd232776…Rāmānuja
17.9 The foods that are bitter, sour, very salty, over-hot, very pungent, dry and burning, are those that they the taste (Rasa) of bitterness and sourness, that are inordinately salty, hot, pungent, and that are dry and burning. Pungent foods are those which are unsuitable and difficult to be taken by others because of their being ver cold, ver hot etc. Dry things are those which cause the feeling of dryness in the eater. Burning foods are those which cause burning sensation. Foods of this kind are relished by men of Rajasik nature. They promote pain, sorrow and disease.
62e61de31492…Swami Sivananda
17.9 कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः those that are bitter? sour saline? excessively hot? pungent? dry and burning? आहाराः foods? राजसस्य of the Rajasic? इष्टाः are liked? दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः are productive of pain? grief and disease.Commentary Excessively This alification should be taken to apply to each of the seven alities -- thus? excessively saline? and so on.Food of a passionate nature produces restlessness in the mind? evil thoughts? excitement? craving now for one thing and then for another? pain? trouble and disease. The Rajasic man always plans to prepare various kinds of preparations to satisfy his palate. He takes salt? chillies? mustard? cloves? condiments? pungent pickles? etc.? in excess. Tears flow from his eyes and water dribbles from his nose and yet he will not leave the hot and pungent articles. The palate remains unsatisfied until the stomach is completely filled with pungent things? till the tongue is burnt with chillies. Ladysfinger? Puri? Kachori? pungent condiments? meat? fish? eggs? sweets? potato? fried bread? curd? brinjal? carrots? blackgram? onions? garlic? lemon? Masur? tea? coffee? betels? tobacco are Rajasic artciles of food.
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