Chapter 7, Verse 8
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः। प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।
raso'ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśisūryayoḥ. praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṃ nṛṣu.।।7.8।।
Word by word
- रसः
- taste/sap (the essence)
- अहम्
- I
- अप्सु
- in water
- कौन्तेय
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- प्रभा
- light/radiance
- अस्मि
- I am
- शशिसूर्ययोः
- of the moon and the sun
- प्रणवः
- the syllable Om
- सर्ववेदेषु
- in all the Vedas
- शब्दः
- sound
- खे
- in ether/space
- पौरुषम्
- manliness/ability
- नृषु
- in men
Commentary
8. 1 am the sapidity in water, O son of Kunti. I am the light in the moon and the sun. 6 — 10] VIJNANA YOGA. 211 I am the syllable Om in all the Vedas, sound in ether, humanity in men.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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रसः
अहम्
अप्सु
कौन्तेय
प्रभा
अस्मि
शशिसूर्ययोः
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खे
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