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PRIYA BHAGAVAT BADNDUVAULLARA!

 

VOICE OF THE RISHIS: 107

 

COURTESY SHRI RAPARLA JANARADHANA RAO

 

" HITAM BHUNJAA NMITHAM BHMJYAT "

 

This ancient saying ordains that we should eat pleasant things and

eat moderately too. Two aspects of our dietary system have been

thus defined. The food that we partake should be palatable (hitam)

and the quantity should be neither too high nor too small (mitam)

 

The type of food which is most suitable to a mental worker or the

thinking class of people is the `Satvic' or the first type of food.

Juicy fruits, nutritious substances like honey, milk, cereals etc

are advocated. Pungent, too sour, too hot, too salty are the items

of second type of Rajasic food. And the smelly, sleep inducing,

left overs form the last type that is the third type Tamasic items

of food.

 

The food we eat should be pleasant to taste, pleasing to the eye.

This is what the term `hitam' conveys.

 

`Mitam' is the moderation in quantity suggested. Three fourths of

stomach with food and water and one fourth for air to act as

pressure is indicated in Yoga.

 

Light dinner is also insisted upon in yoga texts. Jains do not take

food after sunset. So early night diet also is conducive to

health. Gandhiji too used to have his dinner before sunset. Our

health, our longevity, our success in life depends much upon the

type, and quantity of food and also the manner and the time of

eating.

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