कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः |\nआहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ||१७-९||
kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ .\nāhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ ||17-9||
Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, very hot, pungent, dry, and full of chillies, are dear to persons in the mode of passion. Such foods produce pain, grief, and disease.