Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 Verse 9
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 17 श्लोक 9

कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः।
आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः।।17.9।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
17.9 Foods that are bitter, sour, salty, very hot, pungent, dry and burning, and which production pain, sorrow and disease, are dear to one having rajas.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
17.9 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.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
17.9. The foods that are killed by men of the Rajas (Strand) are those which are bitter,  sour, saltish, very hot, harsh, dry, and burning; and which cause pain, grief and disease.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 17.9Katvamlalavanaatyushna teekshna rooksha vidaahinah;
Aahaaraah raajasasyeshtaa duhkhashokaamayapradaah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 17.9kaṭu—bitter; amla—sour; lavaṇa—salty; ati-uṣhṇa—very hot; tīkṣhṇa—pungent; rūkṣha—dry; vidāhinaḥ—chiliful; āhārāḥ—food; rājasasya—to persons in the mode of passion; iṣhṭāḥ—dear; duḥkha—pain; śhoka—grief; āmaya—disease; pradāḥ—produce