Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 Verse 10
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 17 श्लोक 10

यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।
उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
17.10 Food which is not properly cooked, lacking in essence, putrid and stale, and even ort and that which is unfit for sacrifice, is dear to one possessed of tamas.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
17.10 That which is state, tasteless, putrid, rotten, refuse and impure, is the food liked by the Tamasic.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
17.10. What is old, bereft of taste, ill-smelling, and stale; what is also left after eating, and is impure - such a food is dear to the men of the Tamas (Strand).


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 17.10Yaatayaamam gatarasam pooti paryushitam cha yat;
Ucchishtamapi chaamedhyam bhojanam taamasapriyam.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 17.10yāta-yāmam—stale foods; gata-rasam—tasteless; pūti—putrid; paryuṣhitam—polluted; cha—and; yat—which; uchchhiṣhṭam—left over; api—also; cha—and; amedhyam—impure; bhojanam—foods; tāmasa—to persons in the mode of ignorance; priyam—dear