SB 10.85.8 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.85.8

తర్పణం ప్రాణనమపాం దేవత్వం తాశ్చ తద్రస: । ఓజ: సహో బలం చేష్టా గతిర్వాయోస్తవేశ్వర ॥ ౮ ॥

tarpaṇaṁ prāṇanam apāṁ

[tarpanam praananam apaam]

deva tvaṁ tāś ca tad-rasaḥ

[deva tvam taash cha tad-rasah]

ojaḥ saho balaṁ ceṣṭā

[ojah saho balam cheshtaa]

gatir vāyos taveśvara

[gatir vaayos taveshvara]

Word-for-word

tarpaṇam — the capacity to generate satisfaction prāṇanam — the giving of life apām — of water deva — O Lord tvam — You tāḥ — (water) itself ca — and tat — of it (water) rasaḥ — the taste ojaḥ — bodily warmth and vitality, due to strength of the vital air sahaḥ — mental strength balam — and physical strength ceṣṭā — endeavor gatiḥ — and movement vāyoḥ — of air tava — Your īśvara — O supreme controller .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

tarpaṇaṁ prāṇanam apāṁ

tarpaṇam

the capacity to generate satisfaction

prāṇanam

the giving of life

apām

of water

deva tvaṁ tāś ca tad-rasaḥ

deva

O Lord

tvam

You

tāḥ

(water) itself

and

tat

of it (water)

rasaḥ

the taste

ojaḥ saho balaṁ ceṣṭā

ojaḥ

bodily warmth and vitality, due to strength of the vital air

sahaḥ

mental strength

balam

and physical strength

ceṣṭā

endeavor

gatir vāyos taveśvara

gatiḥ

and movement

vāyoḥ

of air

tava

Your

īśvara

O supreme controller .

Important Words

rasaḥ — taste
BG 7.8: raso 'ham apsu kaunteya. Rasa is also the Gauḍīya word for the sweetness of relationship with Kṛṣṇa — Vasudeva names a cosmic principle, but the word secretly opens onto rasa-śāstra.
ojaḥ — vitality
The subtle life-essence in the body, distinct from gross strength. Āyurveda treats ojas as the final refined product of all dhātus; Vasudeva traces it to its true source — Bhagavān.
balam — strength
Physical power. BG 7.11: balaṁ balavatāṁ cāham. The strength by which any being acts is on loan from Bhagavān; no creature lifts a finger by independent force.
īśvara — O controller
Vocative. Vasudeva is not philosophizing in the abstract; every doctrinal statement is addressed directly to his Son. The Bhāgavatam's deepest tattva is always spoken to a Person.

My Lord, You are water, and also its taste and and its capacities to quench thirst and sustain life. You exhibit Your potencies through the manifestations of the air as bodily warmth, vitality, mental power, physical strength, endeavor and movement.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Commentary

How much more can we say? You are all objects and their essential qualities. Four verses explain this. "O Lord (deva), the ability to satisfy in water, its ability to support life and water itself as well as its taste are all your energy. The oja, saha, bala, cesta and gati of the air element are all your energy."

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

“How can I be so many forms?” O Lord shining in unlimited ways (deva)! All these powers exist in you, the Supreme Lord (īśvara). Ceṣṭā means effort. Gatiḥ means the ability to move. Tatheśvare is another version.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

“How can I be so many forms?” O Lord, you play in many forms (deva)! All these powers exist in you, the Supreme Lord (īśvara). Your powers are inconceivable. Ojas, saha and bala are the śaktis of mind, senses and body respectively. Or ojas is the power be victorious over all. Saha is the power to pervade inside and outside. Balam is the power to destroy. Ceṣṭā is the power of the eyes etc. Gati is quickness. One version has tathā instead of tava. This means everything listed is non-different from you.

Related values & verses

Related values

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Concepts

Ishvara

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Personal Guidance

Analogy

Each sip of cold water on a hot day delivers four gifts at once — taste, refreshment, life, strength — and all four are one Person under four names. Bhagavān is the rasa in the water and the breath in the breath.

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