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Bhagavad Gita / Chapter 17 / Verse 8
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Bhagavad Gita 17.8

Sanskrit
Hindi
Sanskrit

आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः | रस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः

Transliteration

āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ . rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyāḥ

English

Foods that augment life, firmless of mind, strength, health, happiness and delight, and which are succulent, oleaginous, substantial and agreeable, are dear to one endowed with sattva.

हिन्दी

आयु, सत्त्व (शुद्धि), बल, आरोग्य, सुख और प्रीति को प्रवृद्ध करने वाले एवं रसयुक्त, स्निग्ध ( घी आदि की चिकनाई से युक्त) स्थिर तथा मन को प्रसन्न करने वाले आहार अर्थात् भोज्य पदार्थ सात्त्विक पुरुषों को प्रिय होते हैं।।

Explanation — English

Pure food increases the vitality and strength of those who eat it. It augments the energy of the mind also.Sattva Cheerfulness purity inner? moral and spiritual strength and courage that keep the mind steady even in great distress.Bala Strength absence of fatigue even in doing difficult work.Priti Absence of retching good appetite.Rasyah Sweet and juicy.Sthirah Substantial which can last long in the body vitalising but not difficult to digest.Hridyah The mere sight of the food is very pleasing to the mind and it is free from odour of smoke or burnt condition.Sattvic food produces cheerfulness? serenity and mental clarity and helps the aspirants to enter into deep meditation and maintain mental poise and nervous eilibrium. It supplies the maximum energy to the body and the mind. It is very easily assimilated and absorbed.A Sattvic man relishes juicy food and other foods which are attractive in form? soft to touch and pleasant to taste? which are small in bulk but great in nourishment like the words from the lips of a spiritual preceptor. Sattvic food is highly conducive to health.Eat that food which will develop Sattva in you. Milk? butter? fresh? ripe fruits? almonds? green Dal? barley? Parwal? Torai? Karela? plantains? etc.? are Sattvic. Abandon fish? meat? liors? eggs? etc.? ruthlessly if you want to increase Sattva and attain Selfrealisation. The mind is formed of the subtle portion of the food. जैसा अन्न वैसा मन As is the food so is the mind says a Hindi proverb. If you take Sattvic food? the mind also will be Sattvic. The seven elements (Dhatus) of the body (Chyle? blood? flesh? fat? bone? marrow and semen) are formed out of food.Ideas or concepts are generated in the mind corresponding to these seven elements. As is the constitution of these elements? so is the constitution of the mind. Just as water is rendered hot when the pot that contains it is placed over the fire? so also the nature and constitution of the mind is according to the nature and constitution of the food or the seven elements.

Explanation — हिन्दी

आध्यात्मिक प्रवृत्ति के सात्त्विक पुरुषों को स्वभावत वही आहार रुचिकर होता है? जो आयुवर्धक हो? न कि केवल शरीर को स्थूल बनाने वाला आहार। आहार ऐसा हो? जो ध्यानाभ्यास के लिए आवश्यक ओज प्रदान करे तथा विषयों के प्रलोभनों से अविचलित रहने के लिए बल की वृद्धि करे। अरोग्यवर्धक आहार सात्त्विक पुरुष को प्रिय होता है। उसी प्रकार प्रीति और मन की प्रसन्नतावर्धक आहार सात्त्विक कहलाता है।भोज्य पदार्थों के गुणानुसार यहाँ उन्हें चार भागों में वर्गीकृत किया गया है। वे हैं रस्या रसयुक्त? स्निग्ध चिकनाई से युक्त? स्थिर और मनप्रसाद के अनुकूल हृद्या। सात्त्विक पुरुषों को ऐसे समस्त पदार्थ स्वभावत प्रिय होते हैं? जो उपर्युक्त गुणों से युक्त होते हैं अर्थात् आयुबलादि विवर्धक होते हैं।इसमें कोई सन्देह नहीं है कि भोक्ता पर भोजन का प्रभाव पड़ता है। सामान्यत? मनुष्य जिस प्रकार का भोजन करता है? वैसा ही प्रभाव उसके मन पर पड़ता है। उसी प्रकार मनुष्य का स्वभाव उसके आहार की रुचि को नियन्त्रित करता है। यह देखा जाता है कि प्राणीमात्र की किसी विशेष परिस्थिति में किसी आहार विशेष की तीव्र इच्छा होती है। कुत्ते और बिल्ली रोगादि के कारण कभीकभी घास खाने लगते हैं? गाय लवण को चाटती है? छोटे बालक मिट्टी खाते हैं और गर्भवती स्त्रियों को खटाई आदि खाने की तीव्र इच्छा होती है।

Sanskrit
English
आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः
those which increase Ayus (life)
Priti (cheerfulness
and good appetite)
रस्याः
savoury
स्निग्धाः
oleaginous
स्थिराः
substantial
हृद्याः
agreeable
आहाराः
the foods
सात्त्विकप्रियाः
are dear to Sattvic (pure).
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