Chapter 17 · Verse 9The Three Divisions of Faith
Bhagavad Gita 17.9
BG 17.9 — Chapter 17 (The Three Divisions of Faith), Verse 9, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः | आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ||१७-९||
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kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ . āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ ||17-9||
Roman: katvamlalavanatyushnatikshnarukshavidahinah . ahara rajasasyeshta duhkhashokamayapradah
The foods that are bitter, sour, saline, excessively hot, pungent, dry and burning, are liked by the Rajasic and are productive of pain, grief and disease.