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Shloka 30

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

Book 14, Chapter 43

अपां धातू रसो नित्यं जिद्नया स तु गृहाते । जिद्दास्थश्न तथा सोमो रसज्ञाने विधीयते,जलका स्वाभाविक गुण रस है, जिसको जिद्ल्ाके द्वारा ग्रहण किया जाता है और जिह्लामें स्थित चन्द्रमा उस रसके आस्वादनमें सहायक होता है

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

وایو دیو نے کہا—آب کے عنصر کا ازلی جوہر ‘ذائقہ’ ہے، اور اسے زبان کے ذریعے جانا جاتا ہے۔ زبان میں مقیم سوم (چاند) ذائقے کے ادراک اور لذت میں مددگار کے طور پر مقرر ہے۔

अपाम्of waters
अपाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
धातुःconstituent/element
धातुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधातु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रसःtaste/essence
रसः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
जिह्वयाby the tongue
जिह्वया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
सःhe/that (it)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
गृह्णातिgrasps/receives
गृह्णाति:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
जिह्वास्थःsituated in the tongue
जिह्वास्थः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजिह्वा-स्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
सोमःSoma; the Moon
सोमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रसज्ञानेin the cognition of taste
रसज्ञाने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरस-ज्ञान
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
विधीयतेis appointed/ordained
विधीयते:
TypeVerb
Rootधा (वि-धा)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyu-deva)
A
Ap (water element)
J
Jihvā (tongue)
S
Soma (Moon deity)

Educational Q&A

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.

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.