Srimad Bhagavadgita-Rahasya OR Karma-Yoga-Sastra -Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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CHAPTER 17
आयुःसत्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः। Translation:-(8) The food liked by, a sattvika-person is such as increases life, the sattvika temperament, strength, health, happiness, and love ; it is savoury, viscous, and such as will be absorbed into the body, and will remain. in it for a long time, and is enjoyable to the mind. Description:-[In Sanskrit 'katu ' means 'burning'; and ‘tikta' means, 'bitter'; and accordingly, in Sanskrit medical treatises, mustard is described as ' katu ', and lemon or lime as tikta[1] The words 'kadu' and 'tikhat' in' the Marathi language are corruptions of the' words 'katu' and 'tikta' in Sanskrit ; but the meanings of those two words in the Marathi language have got. interchanged. The Sanskrit and Marathi meanings of the word 'aparoksa' are similarly interchanged; and this thing is important from the point of view of etymology.] Translation:-(10) A tamasa person likes food, which has remained' standing, (that is, which has become cold), is, tasteless, bad-smelling, which has become stale (for one day), , has been tasted (by other people), and. is also impure. Description:-[Not only does the sattvika person like sattvika food; the rajasa person, rajasa food; and the tamasa person, tamasa food; but conversely, by eating sattvika food, the inherent nature of a person also gradually becomes pure or sattvika, as has been stated 'in the Upanisads [2] Because, as the Mind and the Reason are only evolutes of Prakrti, if the food is sattvika, the inherent nature also becomes sattvika in consequence. These are the different kinds of food. The Blessed Lord now explains how there are three different kinds of sacrifices. ]
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