BG 7.8

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः ।
प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ॥
raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ
praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu

Word-for-word meanings

kaunteya — O son of Kuntī;  apsu — in water;  aham — I [am];  rasaḥ — taste;  śaśi-sūryayoḥ — [and] in the moon and sun;  asmi — I am;  prabhā — light;  sarva — in all;  vedeṣu — the Vedas;  praṇavaḥ — [I am] the sacred syllable Oṁ;  khe — in ether;  śabdaḥ — [I am] sound;  nṛṣu — [and] in human beings;  pauruṣam — [I am] prowess.

Translation

O son of Kuntī, in water I am taste, and in the moon and sun I am light. In all the Vedas I am the sacred syllable Oṁ, in ether I am sound, and in human beings I am prowess.

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