यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत् | उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्
yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat . ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam
ಯಾಮ ಕಳೆದ, ರಸಹೀನವಾದ, ದುರ್ವಾಸನೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ಹಳಸಿದ, ಮತ್ತು ಉಚ್ಛಿಷ್ಟವಾದ, ಅಮೇಧ್ಯವಾದ (ಯಜ್ಞಕ್ಕೆ ಅಯೋಗ್ಯವಾದ) ಭೋಜನವು ತಾಮಸರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಿಯ.
Food which is not properly cooked, lacking in essence, putrid and stale, and even ort and that which is unfit for sacrifice, is dear to one possessed of tamas.
ತಾಮಸ ಗುಣವುಳ್ಳವರಿಗೆ ಮೂರು ಗಂಟೆಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕಾಲ ತಯಾರಿಸಿಟ್ಟ, ಸಾರವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಕೆಟ್ಟ ವಾಸನೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ರಾತ್ರಿ ಉಳಿದ ಹಳಸಿದ ಆಹಾರಗಳು ಇಷ್ಟವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ. ಎಂಜಲು ಆಹಾರ ಮತ್ತು ಯಜ್ಞಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಲು ಅಯೋಗ್ಯವಾದ, ಅಶುದ್ಧವಾದ ಆಹಾರವೂ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಿಯ. ಇಂತಹ ಆಹಾರಗಳು ದೇಹ ಮತ್ತು ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಹಾನಿಕರವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಅಜ್ಞಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಆಲಸ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.
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.