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यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत् ।
उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥१७- १०॥
yaatayaamaM gatarasaM pooti paryuShitaM cha yat ।
uchChiShTamapi chaamedhyaM bhojanaM taamasapriyam ॥१७- १०॥
Source: Automatic ITRANS Transliteration
What are spoiled, tasteless, putrid, and stale,
Tainted and even impure meals are dear to the tamasic.
Source: Milind S. Pandit
The foods liked by Taamasika persons are half-cooked, tasteless, rotten, stale, refuses, and impure (such as meat and alcohol).