Three kinds of substances; the nourishing kind

All things in the world are of three kinds: those with a nourishing quality, those with a destructive quality, and those with neither. Curd, ghee, milk, buttermilk, barley, shāli rice, lentil, jaggery and the like are not a cause of sin and nourish one's welfare, so they are called nourishing (poṣaka).