रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः ।प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ॥
raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśisūryayoḥ |praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṃ nṛṣu ||
- रसः · rasaḥ
- taste, essence
- अप्सु · apsu
- in waters
- कौन्तेय · kaunteya
- O son of Kunti
- प्रभा · prabhā
- light
- शशिसूर्ययोः · śaśisūryayoḥ
- in moon and sun
- प्रणवः · praṇavaḥ
- syllable Om
- शब्दः खे · śabdaḥ khe
- sound in ether
- पौरुषम् नृषु · pauruṣam nṛṣu
- manliness in men
“I am the taste in waters, O son of Kunti, the light in moon and sun, the syllable Om in all the Vedas, sound in ether, and manliness in men.”
— Original plain-language translation
The essence-list begins with what is most intimate in each thing: savor, shine, sacred sound. Abstraction becomes touchable. Divinity is met in ordinary sensing.
— Reader's notes (original)