We have this popular Odia Adage - BAARA BARSA RA TAPASYA SUKHUA PODA RE GALA, transliterated, "Twelve years of deep penance got wasted on Barbecued smoked fish". It means, all the great efforts and perseverance for a long period of time can go wrong by a single stroke of action.
To elaborate further - in Hinduism it takes no less than 12 years of meditation to attain Salvation. In this phase a person who strives for that goal adheres to a strict regime, living off frugally and eating a vegetarian diet. Yet he can lose all these years of hard work by taking a bite of barbecued smoked fish.
For titillating foods like fish, meat and poultry are considered anathema to worship to most deities in Hindu religion. They are considered as TAAMASIK or titillating, something shunned by those in the path towards salvation. A single distraction like falling for a piece of barbecued fish, can break the peace, sweeping off years rewards earned through hard work.
This is best exemplified by India's defeat by New Zealand in the World Cup cricket semifinal match. For more than a month India played spectacular cricket, topping chart of round robin league without a single loss. But in the first Semifinals where it matters, it was knocked out by unfancied Kiwis and out of the World Cup tournament. The top qualifier team was beaten by the team which struggled to make to the bottom of the semifinal berth. BAARA BARSA RA TAPASYA SUKHUA PODA RE GALA.
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