Bitter: Faith and Discipline

Those in whom passion is dominant like foods that are bitter, sour, salty, overly hot, pungent, dry, and burning. These produce unhappiness, repentance, and disease.

— Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain

This draft lesson introduces Bhagavad Gita 17.9 through stronger key ideas from the verse: bitter, salty, very hot. In the context of Faith and Discipline, learners connect Sanskrit vocabulary to the verse's teaching before applying it to daily choices. Review this draft before publication.