Chapter 7 Verse 8 of 30

• raso 'ham apsu kaunteya
• prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ
• praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu
• śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaḿ nṛṣu

Translation

O son of Kuntī, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable oḿ in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.

Synonyms

• rasaḥ

  taste

• aham

  I

• apsu

  in water

• kaunteya

  O son of Kunti

• prabhā

  the light

• asmi

  I am

• sūryayoḥ

  of the moon and the sun

• praṇavaḥ

  the three letters a-u-m

• sarva

  in all

• vedeṣu

  the Vedas

• śabdaḥ

  sound vibration

• khe

  in the ether

• pauruṣam

  ability

• nṛṣu

  in men.

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