Friday, October 7, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17/Verse 8

आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः ।


रस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः ॥१७- ८॥

āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ ।

rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyāḥ ॥17- 8॥

Dear to the sattvic are savory, glutinous, solid, pleasant foods promoting life, virtue, strength, health, happiness, and satisfaction. 


āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanās (āyus + sattva + bala + ārogya + sukha + prīti + vivardhanās) (present participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = promoting life, virtue, strength, health, happiness, and satisfaction 


rasyās (masculine, nominative, plural) = savory 

snigdhās (masculine, nominative, plural) = glutinous

sthirās (masculine, nominative, plural) = solid 

hṛdyās (masculine, nominative, plural) = pleasant 

āhārās (masculine, nominative, plural) = foods

sāttvikapriyās (masculine, nominative, plural) = dear to the sattvic 


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