Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 Verse 8
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 7 श्लोक 8

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



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
7.8. O son of Kunti !  I am the taste in waters; the light in the moon and the sun; the best hymn (OM) in the entire Vedas; the sound that exists in the ether (or the mystic hymnal sound in the entire Vedas-a sound that is in the ether); and the manly vigour in men.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
7.8 Raso  ham apsu etc.  I am that  [basic] taste which has not yet devolped as to have the classification of sweetness and so on,  and which is being  tasted in all waters.  Similarly, the light :  That  [light]  which is  devoid of gentleness and fierceness etc.  (The sound that exist]  in the ether in the sky.  The sound that etc.  Here the emphasis is on all sounds,  as they are attributes of  the ether.  Or, the passage denotes that empty basic  sound which, being exclusively an attribute of th ether;  which does not depend on any other  external  cuases like union  and partition   [of some  objects];  which exists in the ether within the cave of the Brahman;  which is ite intelligible  to the groups of Yogins  with attentive heart  (mind);  which bears the name Anahata; and which pervades the entire groups of the Vedas - that sound represents the Absolute.  Manly vigour ;  that lusture by means of which one is identified  as a man throughout the earth.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 7.8Raso’hamapsu kaunteya prabhaasmi shashisooryayoh;
Pranavah sarvavedeshu shabdah khe paurusham nrishu.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 7.8rasaḥ—taste; aham—I; apsu—in water; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; prabhā—the radiance; asmi—I am; śhaśhi-sūryayoḥ—of the moon and the sun; praṇavaḥ—the sacred syllable Om; sarva—in all; vedeṣhu—Vedas; śhabdaḥ—sound; khe—in ether; pauruṣham—ability; nṛiṣhu—in humans