At once the Paramātma, dancing with a smile, said, “Brother-in-law! It is through faults in food that the Manas becomes defiled. In a polluted citta the secret of Dharma does not shine. How so? Just as the reflection of a face does not shine clearly in a vessel of dirty water, so the sākṣātkāra of God does not dawn in an impure heart. Arjuna! It is by food that human beings become sturdy of body, and become righteous; and by the wrong food they become diseased, unrighteous and base. So it is from a person's food that one can say, ‘Such are his guṇas.’”