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Chapter 7

Chapter 7 · Verse 8

Jnana Vijnana Yoga

ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः | प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ||७-८||

raso.ahamapsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśisūryayoḥ . praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṃ nṛṣu ||7-8||

In plain words

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.

Translation

7.8 I am the taste in the waters, O Arjuna! I am the light in the sun and the moon; the sacred syllable Om in all the Vedas; sound in the ether; and manhood in men am I.

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)

Word by word

रसः sapidity अहम् I अप्सु in water कौन्तेय O Kaunteya (son of Kunti) प्रभा light अस्मि am (I) शशिसूर्ययोः in the moon and the sun प्रणवः the syllable Om सर्ववेदेषु in all the Vedas शब्दः sound खे in ether पौरुषम् virility नृषु in men.