Shloka 7
नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal
तस्माच्चोत्तिष्ठते देवात् सर्वभूतहितादू रस: । आपो हि तेन युज्यन्ते द्रवरत्वं प्राप्तुवन्ति च,सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंका हित चाहनेवाले उन नारायण-देवसे ही रस प्रकट हुआ है, जिसका जलके साथ संयोग है और जिसके कारण जल द्रवीभूत होता है
tasmāc cottiṣṭhate devāt sarvabhūtahitād rasaḥ | āpo hi tena yujyante dravaratvaṁ prāpnuvanti ca ||
Потому от того божественного Нараяны, радеющего о благе всех существ, возникает «раса» — жизненный сок, сущностная квинтэссенция. Воды соединяются с этой сущностью и благодаря ей обретают текучесть.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the sustaining ‘essence’ (rasa) underlying life and the fluidity of water originates from Nārāyaṇa, characterized as universally benevolent. Natural properties are presented as dependent on a purposeful, welfare-oriented divine principle.
Nārada explains a cosmological causation: from the deity Nārāyaṇa arises ‘rasa’; when waters associate with that essence, they become liquid. It is a doctrinal explanation of how a fundamental quality of the elements is grounded in the divine source.