Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, Verse 8

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः । प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु

raso'hamapsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśisūryayoḥ | praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṃ nṛṣu

Translation

I am the sapidity in water, O son of Kuntī. I am the light in the moon and the sun. I am the syllable Oṃ in all the Vedas, sound in ether, humanity in men.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

rasaḥ

the taste

aham

I

apsu

in waters

kaunteya

O Kaunteya

prabhā

the radiance

asmi

am (I)

śaśisūryayoḥ

of the moon, and, of the sun, and

praṇavaḥ

the praṇava

sarvavedeṣu

(in) all, in the Vedas

śabdaḥ

sound

khe

in ether

pauruṣam

virility

nṛṣu

in men

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The essence of water is sapidity. In Me who am that sapidity waters are woven. — So in all cases. — Just as I am the sapidity in waters, so am I the light in the moon and the sun; I am the Praṇava, the syllable Oṃ in all the Vedas: in Me who am that Praṇava all the Vedas are woven. So also, I am humanity in men, i.e., I am that in a person which makes that person regarded a human being. In Me as humanity all persons are woven. Sound is the essence of ākāśa: in Me as sound ākāśa is woven.