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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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कषायो मधुरस्तिक्तः कट्वम्ल इति नैकधा । भौतिकानां विकारेण रस एको विभिद्यते ॥४२॥
kaṣāyo madhuras tiktaḥ kaṭv amla iti naikadhā bhautikānāṁ vikāreṇa rasa eko vibhidyate
WORD BY WORD
kaṣāyaḥ astringent; madhuraḥ sweet; tiktaḥ bitter; kaṭu pungent; amlaḥ sour; iti thus; na-ekadhā manifoldly; bhautikānām of other substances; vikāreṇa by transformation; rasaḥ the subtle element taste; ekaḥ originally one; vibhidyate is divided;
TRANSLATION
| Although originally one, taste becomes manifold as astringent, sweet, bitter, pungent, sour and salty due to contact with other substances.
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PURPORT
| This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.
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