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

raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śhaśhi-sūryayoḥ

praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣhu śhabdaḥ khe pauruṣhaṁ nṛiṣhu

Sanskrit recitation

7.7 7.9

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Translation

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.

Hindi translation

हे कुन्तीनन्दन ! जलोंमें रस मैं हूँ, चन्द्रमा और सूर्यमें प्रभा (प्रकाश) मैं हूँ, सम्पूर्ण वेदोंमें प्रणव (ओंकार) मैं हूँ, आकाशमें शब्द और मनुष्योंमें पुरुषार्थ मैं हूँ।

Meaning

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)

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The divine inside ordinary nature· 7.1–7.14→

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Word-by-word→

khe: in ether
aham: I
apsu: in water
asmi: I am
sarva: in all
prabhā: the radiance
rasaḥ: taste
kaunteya: Arjun, the son of Kunti
vedeṣhu: Vedas
nṛiṣhu: in humans
śhabdaḥ: sound
pauruṣham: ability
praṇavaḥ: the sacred syllable Om
śhaśhi-sūryayoḥ: of the moon and the sun

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

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