Bhagavad Gita 17.9 meaningYou are what you trust
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Restless people like very spicy, salty, sour food that upsets the body.”
What it means
“Restless people like food that is very bitter, sour, salty, hot, spicy, dry or burning — food that leads to discomfort, unhappiness and illness.”
The original Sanskrit
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः । आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥
kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ
Translations
Literal translation
Foods that are bitter, sour, salty, very hot, pungent, dry and burning, and which production pain, sorrow and disease, are dear to one having rajas.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
कड़वे, खट्टे, लवणयुक्त, अति उष्ण, तीक्ष्ण (तीखे, मिर्च युक्त), रूखे. दाहकारक, दु:ख, शोक और रोग उत्प न्न कारक भोज्य पदार्थ राजस पुरुष को प्रिय होते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
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