Chapter 17
Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga
Verse 10
Sanskrit
यातयां गतसंस पूति पर्युषितं च यत् | उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥ १० ॥
Hindi Translation
जो भोजन अधपका, रसहित, दुर्गन्ध युक्त, बासी और उत्तिष्ट है तथा जो अपवित्र भी है वह भोजन तामस पुरुष को प्रिय होता है ॥ १० ॥
English Translation
Food which is half-cooked or half-ripe, insipid, putrid, stale and polluted, and which is impure too, is dear to men a Tamasika disposition.