यातयामं गतरसं पूतिपर्युषितं च यत् ।
उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥ १० ॥
उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥ १० ॥
yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūtiparyuṣitaṃ ca yat .
ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam .. 10 ..
The food which is stale, tasteless, putrid and rotten, refuse and impure, is dear to the Tamasic.
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Stale : Half-cooked. ‘Yatayama’ (lit. cooked three hours ago) meaning ‘powerless’ is thus explained, to avoid tautology; for the next word ‘gatarasa’ (tasteless) means the same, i.e., ‘powerless.’ Rotten : the cooked food over which one-night has passed. Refuse : left after a meal. Impure : unfit for offering.
The three kinds of Worship.
Now the three sorts of worship will be described :