Word meanings
- kaṭu
- bitter
- amla
- sour
- lavaṇa
- salty
- ati-uṣṇa
- very hot
- tīkṣṇa
- pungent
- rūkṣa
- dry
- vidāhinaḥ
- chiliful
- āhārāḥ
- food
- rājasasya
- to persons in the mode of passion
- iṣṭāḥ
- dear
- duḥkha
- pain
- śoka
- grief
- āmaya
- disease
- pradāḥ
- produce
Translations
The foods that are bitter, sour, salty, overly hot, pungent, dry, and burning are liked by the Rajasic and are productive of pain, grief, and disease.
Those in whom passion is dominant like foods that are bitter, sour, salty, overly hot, pungent, dry, and burning. These produce unhappiness, repentance, and disease.
Foods that are bitter, sour, salty, very hot, pungent, dry, and burning, producing pain, sorrow, and disease, are dear to one who has rajas.
अति कड़वे, अति खट्टे, अति नमकीन, अति गरम, अति तीखे, अति रूखे और अति दाहकारक आहार अर्थात् भोजनके पदार्थ राजस मनुष्यको प्रिय होते हैं, जो कि दुःख, शोक और रोगोंको देनेवाले हैं।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.