Chapter 17 · The Three Kinds of Faith

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 17.9

कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिन: आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दु:खशोकामयप्रदा:

kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣhṇa- tīkṣhṇa-rūkṣha-vidāhinaḥ āhārā rājasasyeṣhṭā duḥkha-śhokāmaya-pradāḥ

Recitation · Text 17.9
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (14 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Foods that are too bitter, sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those in passion, and produce pain, grief and disease. The objection is not moral but consequential — these are things that hurt afterwards.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The objection is consequential, not moral — these hurt afterwards.