Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 26: Fundamental Principles of Material Nature. Text 42

कषायो मधुरस्तिक्तः कट्वम्ल इति नैकधा ।
भौतिकानां विकारेण रस एको विभिद्यते ॥४२॥

kaá¹£Äyo madhuras tiktaḥ
kaá¹­v amla iti naikadhÄ
bhautikÄnÄá¹ vikÄreṇa
rasa eko vibhidyate

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 kaá¹£Äyaḥ - astringent; madhuraḥ - sweet; tiktaḥ - bitter; kaá¹­u - pungent; amlaḥ - sour; iti - thus; na-ekadhÄ - manifoldly; bhautikÄnÄm - of other substances; vikÄreṇa - by transformation; rasaḥ - the subtle element taste; ekaḥ - originally one; vibhidyate - is divided.


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Although originally one, taste becomes manifold as astringent, sweet, bitter, pungent, sour and salty due to contact with other substances.

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