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Chapter 6.39 - Verse 9

Sanskrit Text

कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः

English Translation

The food which is bitter, sour, salted, overhot, pungent, dry and burning, and which produces pain, grief and disease, is desired by a man of Raja temperament.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कटु + अम्ल + लवण + अति + उष्ण + तीक्ष्ण + रूक्ष + विदाहिन्
आहारा | राजस + इष् | दुःख + शोक + आमय + प्रद