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कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशॊकामयप्रदाः
kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣṇa- tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥ āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkha-śokāmaya-pradāḥ
WORD BY WORD
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;
TRANSLATION
| 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.
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