Bhagavad Gita 17.10 meaningYou are what you trust
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Dull people like stale, old, spoiled food.”
What it means
“Dull-minded people like food that is stale, tasteless, spoiled, left over or impure.”
The original Sanskrit
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत् । उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥
yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam
Translations
Literal translation
Food which is not properly cooked, lacking in essence, putrid and stale, and even ort and that which is unfit for sacrifice, is dear to one possessed of tamas.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
अर्धपक्व, रसरहित, दुर्गन्धयुक्त, बासी, उच्छिष्ट तथा अपवित्र (अमेध्य) अन्न तामस जनों को प्रिय होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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