अपां रसश्च परमस्तेजिष्ठानां विभावसु: । प्रभा सूर्येन्दुताराणां शब्दोऽहं नभस: पर: ॥ ३४ ॥
apāṁ rasaś ca paramas tejiṣṭhānāṁ vibhāvasuḥ prabhā sūryendu-tārāṇāṁ śabdo ’haṁ nabhasaḥ paraḥ
- apām
- of water
- rasaḥ
- the taste
- ca
- also
- paramaḥ
- excellent
- tejiṣṭhānām
- among most brilliant things
- vibhāvasuḥ
- the sun
- prabhā
- the effulgence
- sūrya
- of the sun
- indu
- the moon
- tārāṇām
- and the stars
- śabdaḥ
- the sound vibration
- aham
- I am
- nabhasaḥ
- of the sky
- paraḥ
- transcendental
I am the sweet taste of water, and among brilliant things I am the sun. I am the effulgence of the sun, moon and stars, and I am the transcendental sound that vibrates in the sky.