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

yāta-yāmaṁ gata-rasaṁ pūti paryuṣhitaṁ cha yat uchchhiṣhṭam api chāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasa-priyam

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 17, Verse 10
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
That which is stale, tasteless, putrid, rotten, rejected, and impure is the food liked by the Tamasic.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: food that is stale, tasteless, putrid, and stale, leftover and impure, is liked by those of ignorance, describing food preferences associated with the dullest, most confused quality, notably including staleness and neglect rather than harshness.

In life: a period of genuine low motivation or confusion sometimes shows up in surprisingly practical, physical ways too, neglecting basic care around food, routine, and daily maintenance more than usual.

Teaching: if you notice yourself neglecting basic food or self-care routines more than usual, treat that neglect as a worthwhile diagnostic signal in itself, this verse frames it as a recognizable marker of the dullest, most confused quality currently being dominant.

yāta-yāmamstale foods
gata-rasamtasteless
pūtiputrid
paryuṣhitampolluted
chaand
yatwhich
uchchhiṣhṭamleft over
apialso
chaand
amedhyamimpure
bhojanamfoods
tāmasato persons in the mode of ignorance
priyamdear

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
17.10 यातयामम् state? गतरसम् tasteless? पूति putrid? पर्युषितम् rotten? च and? यत् which? उच्छिष्टम् refuse? अपि also? च and? अमेध्यम् impure? भोजनम् food? तामसप्रियम् liked by the Tamasic.Commentary Cannabis indica (Ganja)? Bhang? opium? cocaine? Charas? Chandoo? all stale and putrid articles? are Tamasic.Yatayamam Stale? literally means cooked three hours ago. Yatayamam and Gatarasam mean the same thing.Paryushitam Rotten The cooked food which has been kept overnight.Uchchishtam What is left on the plate after a meal.The man whose taste is of a Tamasic nature will eat food in the afternoon that has been cooked on the previous day. He also likes that which is halfcooked or burnt to a cinder. He and all the members of his family sit together and eat from the same dish or plate? food that has been mixed into a mess by his children.The food eaten by Tamasic people is stale? dry? without juice? unripe or overcooked. They do not relish it? till it begins to rot and ferment. They take prohibited foods and drinks. They take liors? fermented toddy? etc. They are horrible people with devilish tendencies.