Gherand Samhita

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शुद्धं सुमधुरं स्निग्धमुदरार्धविवर्जितम् । भुज्यते सुरसं प्रीत्या मिताहारमिमं विदुः ॥५-२१॥

sanskrit

Completely pure ,clean, sweet. smooth food made from ghee etc, food that fills one's stomach with hunger i.e. food that increases taste and love i.e. happiness in the body. Scholars call this mitahar.

english translation

hindi translation

zuddhaM sumadhuraM snigdhamudarArdhavivarjitam | bhujyate surasaM prItyA mitAhAramimaM viduH ||5-21||

hk transliteration

अन्नेन पूरयेदर्धं तोयेन तु तृतीयकम् । उदरस्य तुरीयांशं संरक्षेद्वायुचारणे ॥५-२२॥

sanskrit

Fill half or part of the stomach with food, the third part with water and the fourth part should be left empty for the passage of air.

english translation

hindi translation

annena pUrayedardhaM toyena tu tRtIyakam | udarasya turIyAMzaM saMrakSedvAyucAraNe ||5-22||

hk transliteration

कट्वम्लं लवणं तिक्तं भृष्टं च दधि तक्रकम् । शाकोत्कटं तथा मद्यं तालं च पनसं तथा ॥५-२३॥

sanskrit

A Yogi seeker should not consume the following food items: bitter, sour, salty, spicy, over-roasted, curd and buttermilk, purgatives or bad vegetables, intoxicating substances (alcohol etc.), palm fruit, Lakuch (Monkey fruit).

english translation

hindi translation

kaTvamlaM lavaNaM tiktaM bhRSTaM ca dadhi takrakam | zAkotkaTaM tathA madyaM tAlaM ca panasaM tathA ||5-23||

hk transliteration

कुलत्थं मसूरं पाण्डुं कूष्माण्डं शाकदण्डकम् । तुम्बीकोलकपित्थं च कण्टबिल्वं पलाशकम् ॥५-२४॥

sanskrit

Horseradish, lentils, onion, petha, Dandi's vegetable, bitter ghee, water, fruits and flowers of Palash ripe on thorny vine.

english translation

hindi translation

kulatthaM masUraM pANDuM kUSmANDaM zAkadaNDakam | tumbIkolakapitthaM ca kaNTabilvaM palAzakam ||5-24||

hk transliteration

कदम्बं जम्बीरं बिम्बं लकुचं लशुनं विषम् । कामरङ्गं पियालं च हिङ्गुशाल्मलिकेमुकम् ॥५-२५॥

sanskrit

Kadamba, Jambir lemon, Lakuch, garlic, any kind of poison, Kamarkha, Chironji, Asafoetida, Semar flowers, cabbage, long journey, company of women and consumption of fire etc. are said to be prohibited in the beginning of Yoga.

english translation

hindi translation

kadambaM jambIraM bimbaM lakucaM lazunaM viSam | kAmaraGgaM piyAlaM ca hiGguzAlmalikemukam ||5-25||

hk transliteration