yata-yamam gata-rasam puti paryushitam ca yat, ucchistam api camedhyam bhojanam tamasa-priyam
Food that is stale, tasteless, putrid, decomposed, leftover, and impure is dear to those in tamas. Such food degrades consciousness and obscures spiritual clarity.
- •Tamasic food dulls the mind and promotes inertia and ignorance
- •Impure or decomposed food reflects and reinforces tamasic consciousness
- •The quality of food consumed shapes the quality of one's awareness