SB 11.16.34 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.34

అపాం రసశ్చ పరమస్తేజిష్ఠానాం విభావసు: । ప్రభా సూర్యేన్దుతారాణాం శబ్దోఽహం నభస: పర: ॥ ౩౪ ॥

apāṁ rasaś ca paramas

[apaam rasash cha paramas]

tejiṣṭhānāṁ vibhāvasuḥ

[tejishthaanaam vibhaavasuh]

prabhā sūryendu-tārāṇāṁ

[prabhaa sooryendu-taaraanaam]

śabdo ’haṁ nabhasaḥ paraḥ

[shabdo ’ham nabhasah parah]

Word-for-word

apām — of water rasaḥ — the taste ca — also paramaḥ — excellent tejiṣṭhānām — among most brilliant things vibhāvasuḥ — the sun prabhā — the effulgence sūrya — of the sun indu — the moon tārāṇām — and the stars śabdaḥ — the sound vibration aham — I am nabhasaḥ — of the sky paraḥ — transcendental.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

apāṁ rasaś ca paramas

apām

of water

rasaḥ

the taste

also

paramaḥ

excellent

tejiṣṭhānāṁ vibhāvasuḥ

tejiṣṭhānām

among most brilliant things

vibhāvasuḥ

the sun

prabhā sūryendu-tārāṇāṁ

prabhā

the effulgence

sūrya

of the sun

indu

the moon

tārāṇām

and the stars

śabdo ’haṁ nabhasaḥ paraḥ

śabdaḥ

the sound vibration

aham

I am

nabhasaḥ

of the sky

paraḥ

transcendental.

I am the sweet taste of water, and among brilliant things I am the sun. I am the effulgence of the sun, moon and stars, and I am the transcendental sound that vibrates in the sky.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

I am the sweet taste of water, and among brilliant things I am the sun. I am the effulgence of the sun, moon and stars, and I am sweet sound in the ether. I am the sweet (paramaḥ) taste of water. This excluded the other tastes like pungent. I am very sweet (paraḥ) sound. [Note: Taste is also the tan-mātra of water and sound is the tan-mātra of ether. ] Paraḥ can also refer to the most subtle sound parā which transforms into madhyamā, paśyantī and vaikharī.

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