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The Three Kinds of Faith
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः।आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः
kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣhṇa- tīkṣhṇa-rūkṣha-vidāhinaḥ āhārā rājasasyeṣhṭā duḥkha-śhokāmaya-pradāḥ
Those in whom passion is dominant like foods that are bitter, sour, salty, overly hot, pungent, dry, and burning. These produce unhappiness, repentance, and disease.
kaṭu—bitter · amla—sour · lavaṇa—salty · ati-uṣhṇa—very hot · tīkṣhṇa—pungent · rūkṣha—dry · vidāhinaḥ—chiliful · āhārāḥ—food · rājasasya—to persons in the mode of passion · iṣhṭāḥ—dear · duḥkha—pain · śhoka—grief · āmaya—disease · pradāḥ—produce
griefconfusionsufferingpleasurenature
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