Chapter 7, Verse 8
Gyaan Vigyana Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
rasaḥ—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
English 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.
— Swami Sivananda
Listen to Shloka 7.8
Commentary
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)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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