यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत् | उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्
yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat . ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam
未經妥善烹煮、缺乏精華、腐敗變質、隔夜的食物，甚至殘羹剩飯以及不適合祭祀的食物，為惰性（塔瑪斯，Tamas）之人所喜愛。
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.
「 यातयामम् 」意指不新鮮，字面意思是三小時前烹煮的食物。「 यातयामम् 」和「 गतरसम् 」（無味）意思相近。「 पर्युषितम् 」指腐爛，即隔夜的熟食。「 उच्छिष्टम् 」指飯後盤中剩餘之物。惰性之人喜歡食用前一天煮熟的食物，也喜歡半生不熟或燒焦的食物。他們甚至會與家人共用一盤被孩子弄得一團糟的食物。惰性食物通常不新鮮、乾燥、無汁、未熟或過熟，他們甚至會等到食物腐爛發酵才喜歡。
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.