BG 17.10
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत् ।
उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥
उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥
yāta-yāmaṁ gata-rasaṁ pūti paryuṣitaṁ ca yat
ucchiṣṭam api cāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasa-priyam
ucchiṣṭam api cāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasa-priyam
Word-for-word meanings
bhojanam — food; yat — which [is]; yāta-yāmam — old [i.e., cooked more than three hours before being eaten]; gata-rasam — insipid; pūti — putrid; paryuṣitam — stale; ca api — and even; ucchiṣṭam — leftover from someone else; ca — and; amedhyam — impure; tāmasa-priyam — [is] dear to people who are influenced primarily by tamas.
Translation
Food that is old [cooked more than three hours before being eaten], insipid, putrid, stale, leftover from someone else, and impure, is dear to people who are influenced primarily by tamas.