BG 17.9
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः ।
आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥
आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥
kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣṇa-tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥ
āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkha-śokāmaya-pradāḥ
āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkha-śokāmaya-pradāḥ
Word-for-word meanings
āhārāḥ — foods [that are]; kaṭu — [too] bitter; amla — sour; lavaṇa — salty; ati-uṣṇa — excessively hot; tīkṣṇa — pungent; rūkṣa — dry; vidāhinaḥ — [and] burning; pradāḥ — [and which] cause; duḥkha — suffering; śoka — grief; āmaya — [and] disease; iṣṭāḥ — [are] dear; rājasasya — to people who are influenced primarily by rajas.
Translation
Foods that are too bitter, sour, salty, excessively hot, pungent, dry, and burning, and which cause suffering, grief, and disease, are dear to people who are influenced primarily by rajas.