रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभाऽस्मि शशिसूर्ययोः ।
प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ॥ ८ ॥
प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ॥ ८ ॥
raso’hamapsu kaunteya prabhā’smi śaśisūryayoḥ .
praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṃ nṛṣu .. 8 ..
I am the sapidity in water, O son of Kuntī. I am the light in the moon and the sun.
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I am the syllable Om in all the Vedas, sound in ether, humanity in men.
The essence of water is sapidity. In Me who am that sapidity waters are woven.—So in all cases.—Just as I am the sapidity in waters, so am I the light in the moon and the sun; I am the Praṇava, the syllable Om in all the Vedas:in Me who am that Praṇava all the Vedas are woven. So also, I am humanity in men, i. e., I am that in a person which makes that person regarded a human being. In Me as humanity all persons are woven. Sound is the essence of akasa: in Me as sound akasa is woven.