उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥
जो भोजन अधपका, रसरहित, दुर्गन्धित, बासी और उच्छिष्ट है तथा जो महान् अपवित्र भी है, वह तामस मनुष्यको प्रिय होता है ॥
एक मूल शिक्षा · चिंतनशील भाव · सहज प्रवेश
“What you repeatedly choose to consume reveals the heaviness within.”
जो भोजन अधपका, रसरहित, दुर्गन्धित, बासी और उच्छिष्ट है तथा जो महान् अपवित्र भी है, वह तामस मनुष्यको प्रिय होता है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःdevoid of taste · foul-smelling · and · which · leftover · even · and · impure · food · dear to tamasic people
People dominated by tamas are drawn to food that is stale, tasteless, foul-smelling, leftover, or impure.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "श्रद्धात्रय विभाग योग" में।
श्लोक 10 भगवद् गीता के 17वें अध्याय में है — श्रद्धात्रय विभाग योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 28 श्लोक हैं।
You open the fridge late at night and reach for whatever is dead easiest, not what actually helps you. The body keeps a record of what the mind has been feeding it.
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It shifts attention from taste alone to the quality of what you repeatedly accept.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
People dominated by tamas are drawn to food that is stale, tasteless, foul-smelling, leftover, or impure.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield, Krishna is teaching Arjuna how faith shows itself in daily choices. After describing pure and restless habits, he names the food preferred by tamas: stale, impure, and lifeless. The point is to show how inner heaviness shapes appetite.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You open the fridge late at night and reach for whatever is dead easiest, not what actually helps you. The body keeps a record of what the mind has been feeding it.
“Your cravings can reveal your condition before your thoughts do.”
संबंधित विषय: shraddha (34 श्लोक), indriya (19 श्लोक), tamas (18 श्लोक)