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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 238

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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 238


भोजनम तामसप्रियम  ..  (अध्याय १७ - श्लोक 10)
போஜனம் தாமஸ ப்ரியம் ..  (அத்யாயம் 17 - ஶ்லோகம் 10)
Bhojanam Tamasapriyam  ..  (Chapter 17 - Shlokam 10)

Meaning :  Food which is liked by Tamasi ..

Which are the types of foods liked by Tamo Gunee or the person in mode of ignorance ..

Yaatayaamam ..  Stale food ..  Jama is a time span of around two hours and 24 minutes ..  Foods older than two hours time are stale foods ..  The stale foods get fermented and turn sour ..  Sour , fermented foods dim intellect ..Idli and Dosa are most prevalent foods in Tamil Nadu ..  The batter is made on the previous day , is allowed to ferment and turn sour and Idli or Dosa are made on the next day ..  In my childhood , Idli and Dosa were rarely made in our house ..  There were other types of tiffin varieties , so many of those ..  Those were fresh foods , made and served hot and fresh ..  Idli and Dosa were very rarely cooked ..  The fact that these required fermentation must have been the only reason for this rarity ..  Now a days , due to facilities like Mixer grinders and Fridges , Idli and Dosa are almost a daily food ..  (Laziness is also a trait of Tamasa)  In many families in the Northern Bharat , Roti is made fresh and served hot on the plate directly from pan ..  Practice of preparing the Rotis for a week and preserving those is almost absent ..  I saw the other extreme scene in South Afrika ..  They prepare even vegetable curries , rice and rotis and keep those in freezers ..  As it is fermented , bakery products are also Yaatayaamam ..  Butter is fresh , but Cheese is stale food and hence fermented ..

GataRasam ..  Food that has lost its water content , is dry and tasteless ..

Poothi ..  Decayed and smelling foods .. putrid foods ..

Paryooshitam ..  Adultrated and spoiled foods ..

Uchchishtam ..  There is no equivalent word in English ..  Left overs , foods which are mixed with saliva of one ..  In Hindu tradition , we do not consume Uchchishta of others , except of small child ..  Eating from others' plates and drinking from others' glasses is common only in wine bars and liquor dens ..

Amedyam ..  Impure foods ..

Liquor , Meat varieties , impure foods , stale foods , fermented and decayed food types are all liked by Tamo Gunee ..

Tamo Gunee never bothers about the effects of foods on the body ..  Hence , Shri Krishna does not mention effects of such foods ..

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