Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.26.42
Sarga· CreationOne Taste Becomes Many Through Contact
“Although originally one, taste becomes manifold as astringent, sweet, bitter, pungent, sour and salty due to contact with other substances.”
What the purport teaches
- Taste is originally one. It becomes manifold through contact with other substances.
- The varieties named include astringent, sweet and bitter tastes.
- Pungent, sour and salty tastes are also named. These differences arise through the transformation associated with other substances.
Try this today
At one meal today, identify which of the six named tastes you can perceive.
Ask yourself
Which of these varieties of taste do you most readily recognize?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.