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Bhagavad-ဤခံ As It Is
[Ch. 17]
kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣṇa-tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥ āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkha-śokāmava-pradāḥ
yāta-yāmaṁ gata-rasaṁ pūti paryuṣitaṁ ca yat ucchiṣṭam api cāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasa-priyam
āyuh —duration of life;  sattva —existence;  bala —strength;  ārogya —health;  sukha —happiness;  prīti —satisfaction;  vivardhanāḥ —increasing;  rasyāḥ —juicy;  snigdhāḥ —fatty;  sthirāḥ —enduring;  hṛdyāḥ —pleasing to the heart;  āhārāḥ —food;  sāttvika —goodness;  priyāḥ —palatable;  kaṭu —bitter;  amla —sour;  lavaṇa —salty;  ati-uṣṇa —very hot;  tīkṣṇa —pungent;  rūkṣa —dry;  vidāhinaḥ —burning;  āhārāḥ —food;  rājasasya —in the mode of passion;  iṣṭāḥ —palatable;  duḥkha —distress;  śoka —misery;  āmaya-pradāḥ —causing disease;  yāta-yāmam —food cooked three hours before being eaten;  gata-rasam —tasteless;  pūti —bad smelling;  paryuṣitam —decomposed;  ca —also;  yat —that which;  ucchiṣṭam —remnants of food eaten by others;  api —also;  ca —and;  amedhyam —untouchable;  bhojanam —eating;  tāmasa —in the mode of darkness;  priyam —dear.
TRANSLATION
Foods in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one's existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such nourishing foods are sweet, juicy, fattening and palatable. Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, pungent, dry and hot, are liked by people in the modes of passion. Such foods cause pain, distress, and disease. Food cooked more than three hours before being eaten, which is tasteless, stale, putrid, decomposed and unclean, is food liked by people in the mode of ignorance.
PURPORT
The purpose of food is to increase the duration of life, purify the mind and aid bodily strength. This is its only purpose. In the past, great authorities selected those foods that best aid health and increase life's