Chapter 17

Verse 9

Bhagavad Gita

कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः |
आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ||१७-९||
Transliteration

kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ .
āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ ||17-9||
English Meaning

17.9 Those in whom Passion is dominant like foods that are bitter, sour, salty, over-hot, pungent, dry and burning. These produce unhappiness, repentance and disease.