Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 17, Verse 8

आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः । रस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः

āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ | rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyāḥ

Translation

The foods which increase life, energy, strength, health, joy and cheerfulness, which are savoury and oleaginous, substantial and agreeable, are dear to the Sāttvic.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ

vitality, and, purity, and, strength, and, health, and, pleasure, and, cheerfulness, and, these, the increasers

rasyāḥ

delicious

snigdhāḥ

bland

sthirāḥ

substantial

hṛdyāḥ

agreeable

āhārāḥ

foods

sāttvikapriyāḥ

of the sāttvic, dear

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Oleaginous: oily, fatty. Substantial: which can last long in the body.