17.8
आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः ।
रस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः ॥
āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ
rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyāḥ
śrībhagavān (श्रीभगवान्) is still speaking. This is the food of the clear strand.
The verse
Foods that increase life, clarity, strength, health, ease, and satisfaction, savory, oily, firm, and pleasing to the heart, are dear to people of सत्त्व.
नेपालीमा
आयु, स्पष्टता, बल, स्वास्थ्य, सुख र सन्तुष्टि बढाउने, रसिला, चिल्ला, स्थिर र हृदयलाई मीठा खाना सत्त्वका मानिसलाई प्यारा हुन्छन्।
Where it sits
17.7 promised three foods. This is the first. The mark is what the food grows, and the pleasure it gives the heart. The driving strand is next, and its food will give pain.
Split: आयुः-सत्त्व-बल-आरोग्य-सुख-प्रीति-विवर्धनाः + रस्याः + स्निग्धाः + स्थिराः + हृद्याः + आहाराः + सात्त्विक-प्रियाः
āyuḥ-sattva-bala-ārogya-sukha-prīti-vivardhanāḥ + rasyāḥ + snigdhāḥ + sthirāḥ + hṛdyāḥ + āhārāḥ + sāttvika-priyāḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| आयुः-सत्त्व-बल-आरोग्य-सुख-प्रीति-विवर्धनाः | āyuḥ-sattva-bala-ārogya-sukha-prīti-vivardhanāḥ | nominative plural | increasing life, clarity, strength, health, ease, and satisfaction. vivardhana (विवर्धन) "causing to grow." Agrees with āhārāḥ (आहाराः). |
| रस्याः | rasyāḥ | nominative plural | savory, full of rasa (रस). |
| स्निग्धाः | snigdhāḥ | nominative plural | oily, smooth. |
| स्थिराः | sthirāḥ | nominative plural | firm, staying. |
| हृद्याः | hṛdyāḥ | nominative plural | pleasing to the heart. hṛdaya (हृदय). |
| आहाराः | āhārāḥ | nominative plural | foods. |
| सात्त्विक-प्रियाः | sāttvika-priyāḥ | nominative plural | dear to people of the clear strand. |
The phrases
āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ (आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः) is one adjective with six things the food grows. Life, the clear being, strength, health, ease, satisfaction. The plural ending sits on vivardhanāḥ (विवर्धनाः) and agrees with the foods.
rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirāḥ hṛdyāḥ (रस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिराः हृद्याः) is how the food is in the mouth and after. Savory, oily, firm, pleasing to the heart. Four more nominatives on āhārāḥ (आहाराः).
āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyāḥ (आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः) is the classification. These foods are dear to the clear strand. The compound ends on priyāḥ (प्रियाः), "dear."
Sanskrit in this line
स्थिराः + हृद्याः + आहाराः sthirāḥ + hṛdyāḥ + āhārāḥ is recited sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ (स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः). āḥ (आः) before a voiced consonant drops its visarga and leaves ā (आ), so sthirāḥ hṛdyāḥ (स्थिराः हृद्याः) is sthirā hṛdyāḥ (स्थिरा हृद्याः). āḥ (आः) before a vowel drops the same way and the vowels stay in hiatus: hṛdyāḥ āhārāḥ (हृद्याः आहाराः) is hṛdyā āhārāḥ (हृद्या आहाराः). Both plurals are still on the foods.
Say it back
What the food grows, then sāttvikapriyāḥ (सात्त्विकप्रियाः). If these foods are called dear to rajas (रजस्), stay here.