Friday, October 7, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17/Verse 9

कट्‌वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः ।

आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥१७- ९॥

kaṭ‌vamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ ।


āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ ॥17- 9॥


Desired foods of the rajasic causing pain, sorrow, and sickness are pungent, sour, salty, excessively hot, harsh, astringent, and scorching. 


kaṭ‌vamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinas (kaṭ‌u + amla + lavaṇa + atyuṣṇa + tīkṣṇa + rūkṣa + vidāhinas) (masculine, nominative, plural) = pungent, sour, salty, excessively hot, harsh, astringent, and scorching  



āhārās (masculine, nominative, plural) = foods

rājasasya (masculine, genitive, singular) = of the rajasic 

iṣṭās (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = desired 

duḥkhaśokāmayapradās (duḥkha + śoka + āmaya + pradās) (masculine, nominative, plural) = causing pain, sorrow, and sickness  


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