Verse Text
atha vairi-kṛtyam –
janayaty eva vairasyaṁ rasānāṁ vairiṇā yutiḥ |
sumṛṣṭa-pānakādīnāṁ kṣāra-tiktādinā yathā ||53||
Translation
Just as a sweet drink becomes distasteful by mixing with bitter or caustic tastes, the rasas become distasteful by mixing with inimical rasas.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
NoD 50: Further Analysis of Mixed Rasas
As already described, if certain kinds of mellows become mixed and there is a joining of opposite mellows, then the situation is called incompatible. When one is eating sweet rice and something salty or sour is mixed in, the mixture is not very tasteful, and it is called incompatible.