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Bhagavadgita 17.8

Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 17.8

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Sanskrit

17.8

āyussattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ |
rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyaḥ ||
sattvaguṇopetasya sattvamayā āhārāḥ priyā bhavanti / sattvamayāś cāhārā āyurvivardhanāḥ; punar api sattvasya vivardhanāḥ / sattvam antaḥkaraṇam; antaḥkaraṇakāryaṃ jñānam iha sattvaśabdenocyate / "sattvāt saṃjāyate jñānam" iti sattvasya jñānavivṛddhihetutvāt, āhāro 'pi sattvamayo jñānavivṛddhihetuḥ / tathā balārogyayor api vivardhanāḥ / sukhaprītyor api vivardhanāḥ -- pariṇāmakāle svayam eva sukhasya vivardhanāḥ ;tathā prītihetubhūtakarmārambhadvāreṇa prītivardhanāḥ / rasyāḥ madhurarasopetāḥ / snigdhāḥ snehayuktāḥ / sthirāḥ sthirapariṇāmāḥ / hṛdyāḥ ramaṇīyaveṣāḥ / evaṃvidhāḥ sattvamayā āhārāḥ sāttvikasya puruṣasya priyāḥ //

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