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 - 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).


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
17.7-10 Aharah etc. upto tamasapriyam.  What is old :  that for which [three] yamas have elapsed [after cooking].


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