Canto 3, Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Verse 13 (SB 3.6.13)
SB 3.6.13 • मूल श्लोक

निर्भिन्नं तालु वरुणो लोकपालोऽविशद्धरे: । जिह्वयांशेन च रसं ययासौ प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १३ ॥

Transliteration

nirbhinnaṁ tālu varuṇo loka-pālo ’viśad dhareḥ jihvayāṁśena ca rasaṁ yayāsau pratipadyate

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

nirbhinnam — separated; tālu — palate; varuṇaḥ — the deity controlling water; loka-pālaḥ — director of the planets; aviśat — entered; hareḥ — of the Lord; jihvayā aṁśena — with the part of the tongue; ca — also; rasam — tastes; yayā — by which; asau — the living entity; pratipadyate — expresses.

Translation

“When the palate of the gigantic form was separately manifested, Varuṇa, the director of water in the planetary systems, entered therein, and thus the living entity has the facility to taste everything with his tongue.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda