SB 10.85.8 tarpaṇaṁ prāṇanam apāṁ  deva tvaṁ tāś ca tad-rasaḥ ojaḥ saho balaṁ ceṣṭā  gatir vāyos taveśvara 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. Translation: 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.

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