आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रियः | यज्ञस्तपस्तथा दानं तेषां भेदमिमं शृणु ||१७-७||
āhārastvapi sarvasya trividho bhavati priyaḥ . yajñastapastathā dānaṃ teṣāṃ bhedamimaṃ śṛṇu ||17-7||
- āhāraḥ
- eating
- tu
- certainly
- api
- also
- sarvasya
- of everyone
- tri-vidhaḥ
- of three kinds
- bhavati
- there is
- priyaḥ
- dear
- yajñaḥ
- sacrifice
- tapaḥ
- austerity
- tathā
- also
- dānam
- charity
- teṣām
- of them
- bhedam
- the differences
- imam
- this
- śṛṇu
- hear
Even the food each person prefers is of three kinds, according to the three modes of material nature. The same is true of sacrifices, austerities and charity. Now hear of the distinctions between them.