Gita Verse 17.10

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17, Verse 10

Sanskrit Verse

यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।

Transliteration

yāta-yāmaṁ gata-rasaṁ pūti paryuṣhitaṁ cha yat

uchchhiṣhṭam api chāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasa-priyam

Word meanings

yāta-yāmam—stale foods; gata-rasam—tasteless; pūti—putrid; paryuṣhitam—polluted; cha—and; yat—which; uchchhiṣhṭam—left over; api—also; cha—and; amedhyam—impure; bhojanam—foods; tāmasa—to persons in the mode of ignorance; priyam—dear

Swami Sivananda's translation

That which is stale, tasteless, putrid, rotten, rejected, and impure is the food liked by the Tamasic.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 17

Related Gunas: Tamas