Chapter-17 : THE YOGA OF THE DIVISION OF THE THREEFOLD FAITH
Summary of Seventeenth Discourse
Yaatayaamam gatarasam pooti paryushitam cha yat; Ucchishtamapi chaamedhyam bhojanam taamasapriyam.
10. That which is stale, tasteless, putrid, rotten and impure refuse, is the food liked by the
Tamasic.
Aphalaakaangkshibhiryajno vidhidrishto ya ijyate; Yashtavyameveti manah samaadhaaya sa saattwikah.
11. That sacrifice which is offered by men without desire for reward as enjoined by the
ordinance (scripture), with a firm faith that to do so is a duty, is Sattwic (or pure).