कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः | आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ||१७-९||
kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ . āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ ||17-9||
- kaṭu
- bitter
- amla
- sour
- lavaṇa
- salty
- ati-uṣṇa
- very hot
- tīkṣṇa
- pungent
- rūkṣa
- dry
- vidāhinaḥ
- burning
- āhārāḥ
- food
- rājasasya
- to one in the mode of passion
- iṣṭāḥ
- palatable
- duḥkha
- distress
- śoka
- misery
- āmaya
- disease
- pradāḥ
- causing
Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery and disease.