Word meanings
- yāta-yāmam
- stale foods
- gata-rasam
- tasteless
- pūti
- putrid
- paryuṣitam
- polluted
- ca
- and
- yat
- which
- ucchiṣṭam
- left over
- api
- also
- ca
- and
- amedhyam
- impure
- bhojanam
- foods
- tāmasa
- to persons in the mode of ignorance
- priyam
- dear
Translations
That which is stale, tasteless, putrid, rotten, rejected, and impure is the food liked by the Tamasic.
The ignorant love food that is stale, not nourishing, putrid, and corrupt; the leftovers of others, and unclean.
Food that is not properly cooked, lacking in essence, putrid and stale, as well as that which is unfit for sacrifice, is dear to one possessed of tamas.
जो भोजन अधपका, रसरहित, दुर्गन्धित, बासी और उच्छिष्ट है तथा जो महान् अपवित्र भी है, वह तामस मनुष्यको प्रिय होता है।Commentary
Cannabis indica (Ganja)? Bhang, opium, cocaine? Charas? Chandoo, all stale and putrid articles, are Tamasic. Yatayamam Stale, literally means cooked three hours ago. Yatayamam and Gatarasam mean the same thing. Paryushitam Rotten The cooked food which has been kept overnight. Uchchishtam What is left on the plate after a meal. The man whose taste is of a Tamasic nature will eat food in the afternoon that has been cooked on the previous day. He also likes that which is halfcooked or burnt to a cinder.
He and all the members of his family sit together and eat from the same dish or plate, food that has been mixed into a mess by his children. The food eaten by Tamasic people is stale, dry, without juice, unripe or overcooked. They do not relish it, till it begins to rot and ferment. They take prohibited foods and drinks. They take liors, fermented toddy, etc. They are horrible people with devilish tendencies.