Charak Samhita

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तत्रेदमाहारविधिविधानमरोगाणामातुराणां चापि केषाञ्चित् काले प्रकृत्यैव हिततमं भुञ्जानानां भवति- उष्णं, स्निग्धं, मात्रावत्, जीर्णे वीर्याविरुद्धम्, इष्टे देशे, इष्टसर्वोपकरणं, नातिद्रुतं, नातिविलम्बितम्, अजल्पन्, अहसन्, तन्मना भुञ्जीत, आत्मानमभिसमीक्ष्य सम्यक् ||२४||

sanskrit

[Methods of taking meals (Ahara vidhi vidhana)] The prescribed method of eating for the healthy and the sick (in certain cases) who take wholesome food timely and habitually is that one should eat warm, unctuous food in proper quantity, after the previously consumed food is digested. The food eaten should be non-antagonistic (i.e., not unsuitable to one’s constitution or habit) and should be consumed in a favorable place, with all the favorable accessories, not too fast, not too slow, not while talking or laughing, and with full concentration.

english translation

tatredamAhAravidhividhAnamarogANAmAturANAM cApi keSAJcit kAle prakRtyaiva hitatamaM bhuJjAnAnAM bhavati- uSNaM, snigdhaM, mAtrAvat, jIrNe vIryAviruddham, iSTe deze, iSTasarvopakaraNaM, nAtidrutaM, nAtivilambitam, ajalpan, ahasan, tanmanA bhuJjIta, AtmAnamabhisamIkSya samyak ||24||

hk transliteration