Shloka 30

Brahmopadeśa: Adhipatitva-kathana, Dharma-lakṣaṇa, and Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Viveka

Book 14, Chapter 43

Devanagari script

अपां धातू रसो नित्यं जिद्नया स तु गृहाते । जिद्दास्थश्न तथा सोमो रसज्ञाने विधीयते

Transliteration

apāṁ dhātū raso nityaṁ jihvayā sa tu gṛhyate | jihvā-sthaś ca tathā somo rasa-jñāne vidhīyate ||

Translation

ବାୟୁ କହିଲେ—ଜଳତତ୍ତ୍ୱର ନିତ୍ୟ ସାର ‘ରସ’; ତାହା ଜିହ୍ୱା ଦ୍ୱାରା ଗ୍ରହଣ ହୁଏ। ଜିହ୍ୱାରେ ଅଧିଷ୍ଠିତ ସୋମ (ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର) ରସଜ୍ଞାନ ଓ ଆସ୍ୱାଦନରେ ସହାୟକ ଭାବେ ନିୟୁକ୍ତ।

Word by Word

• अपाम्: of waters
• अपाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• धातुः: constituent/element
• धातुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रसः: taste/essence
• रसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• जिह्वया: by the tongue
• जिह्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he/that (it)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• गृह्णाति: grasps/receives
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जिह्वास्थः: situated in the tongue
• जिह्वास्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिह्वा-स्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सोमः: Soma; the Moon
• सोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रसज्ञाने: in the cognition of taste
• रसज्ञाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस-ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विधीयते: is appointed/ordained
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (वि-धा)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyu-deva)
• Ap (water element)
• Jihvā (tongue)
• Soma (Moon deity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links sense-perception to elemental cosmology: taste (rasa) is rooted in the water-element and is known through the tongue, with Soma (the Moon principle) supporting the capacity to discern and enjoy taste.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is explaining a doctrinal mapping of elements, senses, and deities—describing how taste is perceived and assigning Soma a functional presence in the tongue for the cognition of taste.