Capitol 17, Slok 9
Text
kaTvamlalavaNAtyuSNatIkSNarUkSavidAhinaH | AhArA rAjasasyeSTA duHkhazokAmayapradAH ||17-9||
Transliteration
kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ . āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ ||17-9||
Meanings
17.9 Foods that are bitter, sour, very salty, exceedingly heating, very pungent, dry and burning, are all dear to Rajasika men; they produce pain, sorrow and disease. - Adi