क्लेदनं पिण्डनं तृप्ति: प्राणनाप्यायनोन्दनम् । तापापनोदो भूयस्त्वमम्भसो वृत्तयस्त्विमा: ॥ ४३ ॥
kledanam pindanam trptih prananapyayanondanam tapapanodo bhuyastvam ambhaso vrttayas tv imah
- kledanam
- moistening
- pindanam
- coagulating
- trptih
- causing satisfaction
- pranana
- maintaining life
- apyayana
- refreshing
- undanam
- softening
- tapa
- heat
- apanodah
- driving away
- bhuyastvam
- being in abundance
- ambhasah
- of water
- vrttayah
- the characteristic functions
- tu
- in fact
- imah
- these.
The characteristics of water are exhibited by its moistening other substances, coagulating various mixtures, causing satisfaction, maintaining life, softening things, driving away heat, incessantly supplying itself to reservoirs of water, and refreshing by slaking thirst.