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रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः। प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।

raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śhaśhi-sūryayoḥ praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣhu śhabdaḥ khe pauruṣhaṁ nṛiṣhu

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 7, Verse 8
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Krishna says he is the taste in water, the light in the sun and moon, the sacred syllable in the Vedas, the sound in ether, and manhood in men, describing himself as the essential quality within many different things rather than a separate object among them.

In life: the best version of something is often recognized less by its form and more by some essential, felt quality underneath the form.

Teaching: when evaluating quality in your own work or life, look for that underlying essential quality rather than just checking the visible boxes of form.

rasaḥtaste
ahamI
apsuin water
kaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
prabhāthe radiance
asmiI am
śhaśhi-sūryayoḥof the moon and the sun
praṇavaḥthe sacred syllable Om
sarvain all
vedeṣhuVedas
śhabdaḥsound
khein ether
pauruṣhamability
nṛiṣhuin humans

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
7.8 रसः sapidity? अहम् I? अप्सु in water? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya (son of Kunti)? प्रभा light? अस्मि am (I)? शशिसूर्ययोः in the moon and the sun? प्रणवः the syllable Om? सर्ववेदेषु in all the Vedas? शब्दः sound? खे in ether? पौरुषम् virility? नृषु in men.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)