See Krishna in everyday experience.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः |प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ||७-८||
raso.ahamapsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśisūryayoḥ . praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṃ nṛṣu ||7-8||
Use this verse for micro-remembrance through the day.
Meaning
O Kaunteya, I am the taste in water, the light in the moon and sun, Om in all the Vedas, sound in space, and strength in humans.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
Krishna can be experienced in simple daily realities.
Word-by-word meaning
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Explanation
This verse turns ordinary experience into devotion. Water, light, sound, sacred Om, and human strength become reminders of Krishna.
Read the traditional commentary
Krishna now teaches how to perceive Him in daily experience. Rather than asking Arjuna to imagine an abstract Absolute, He points to the very essence within familiar things: the taste in water, the radiance of sun and moon, the sacred sound Om in the Vedas, the resonance in space, the vitality in human beings.
In each case He is not the object itself but its inmost quality — the 'isness' that makes it what it is.
This is a practical meditation. Every time you taste water, behold sunlight, or feel your own strength, you are touching the Divine essence at the core of that experience. The teaching dissolves the false divide between the sacred and the ordinary. Creation becomes a continuous revelation, and remembrance of God need not wait for the temple — it can arise in the simplest sip of water.
In daily life
Use ordinary moments as divine reminders.
Drinking water can become a moment of gratitude to Krishna.
Try this today
Pause before drinking water and remember Krishna.
I recognize Krishna in simple moments.Reflect
What daily experience can remind me of Krishna?
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Krishna on presence, in other chapters
- Verse 9.6We move within the Divine the way wind moves through open sky — held by it, yet never disturbing its boundless calm.
- Verse 10.20The supreme place to find the Divine is not outside but within, as the very Self seated in your own heart.
- Verse 13.18The light by which you know everything already shines in your own heart, waiting to be recognised.
- Verse 8.22The all-pervading Supreme is reached not by clever effort but by wholehearted, undivided devotion that holds nothing back.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 7.8
Who says Bhagavad Gita 7.8, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 7.8, in Chapter 7, Jnana Vijnana Yoga (Jnana Vijnana Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 7.8 mean?
O Kaunteya, I am the taste in water, the light in the moon and sun, Om in all the Vedas, sound in space, and strength in humans. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 7.8 for daily life?
Use ordinary moments as divine reminders. Drinking water can become a moment of gratitude to Krishna.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 7.8 mean?
रसः अहम् अप्सु — I am the taste / sapidity in water; कौन्तेय — O Arjuna (son of Kunti); प्रभा अस्मि शशिसूर्ययोः — I am the light in the moon and the sun; प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु — the syllable Om in all the Vedas; शब्दः खे — sound in ether.
Where does verse 7.8 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 8 of 30 in Chapter 7, Jnana Vijnana Yoga. The next verse is 7.9.