Devanagari
कषायो मधुरस्तिक्त: कट्वम्ल इति नैकधा ।
भौतिकानां विकारेण रस एको विभिद्यते ॥ ४२ ॥
Verse text
kaṣāyo madhuras tiktaḥ
kaṭv amla iti naikadhā
bhautikānāṁ vikāreṇa
rasa eko vibhidyate
Synonyms
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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
One taste divides into many by transformation in combined substances and becomes astringent, sweet, bitter, hot and sour.
The qualities of taste are described. Salty taste should be added to the list. Taste, which is actually only one, known as sweetness, by combination of material objects (bhautikānām) is divided into many.