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Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga · The Three Kinds of Faith
Bhagavad Gita 17.8-10
Sanskrit
आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः । रस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः ॥17.8॥कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः । आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥17.9॥यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत् । उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥17.10॥
Transliteration
āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ | rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyāḥ ‖17.8‖ kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ | āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ ‖17.9‖ yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat | ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam ‖17.10‖
Meaning
“Foods that promote life, vitality, strength, health, happiness, and satisfaction, savoury, smooth, substantial, and agreeable, are dear to the sattvic. Foods that are bitter, sour, salty, very hot, pungent, dry, and burning, producing pain, grief, and disease, are desired by the rajasic. That which is stale, tasteless, putrid, decayed, leftover, and impure is the food dear to the tamasic.”
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Theme: The Three Kinds of Faith
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