Word meanings
- rasaḥ
- taste
- aham
- I
- apsu
- in water
- kaunteya
- Arjun, the son of Kunti
- prabhā
- the radiance
- asmi
- I am
- śaśi-sūryayoḥ
- of the moon and the sun
- praṇavaḥ
- the sacred syllable Om
- sarva
- in all
- vedeṣu
- Vedas
- śabdaḥ
- sound
- khe
- in ether
- pauruṣam
- ability
- nṛṣu
- in humans
Translations
I am the flavor in water, O Arjuna; I am the light in the moon and the sun; I am the syllable Om in all the Vedas, sound in the ether and virility in men.
O Arjuna! I am the fluidity in water, the light in the sun and moon, the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the sound in ether, and the virility in man.
O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, I am the effulgence of the moon and the sun; the letter 'Om' in all the Vedas, the sound in space, and manhood in men.
हे कुन्तीनन्दन ! जलोंमें रस मैं हूँ, चन्द्रमा और सूर्यमें प्रभा (प्रकाश) मैं हूँ, सम्पूर्ण वेदोंमें प्रणव (ओंकार) मैं हूँ, आकाशमें शब्द और मनुष्योंमें पुरुषार्थ मैं हूँ।Commentary
In Me all beings and the whole world are woven as a cloth in the warp. In Me as sapidity the water is woven in Me as light, the sun and the moon are woven in Me as the sacred syllable Om all the Vedas are woven in Me as virility all men are woven. The manifestations of the Lord are described in the verses 8? 9? 10 and 11. (Cf.XV.12)