ŚB 3.26.42
Canto 3, Chapter 26, Text 42
कषायो मधुरस्तिक्त: कट्वम्ल इति नैकधा ।
भौतिकानां विकारेण रस एको विभिद्यते ॥ ४२ ॥
भौतिकानां विकारेण रस एको विभिद्यते ॥ ४२ ॥
kaṣāyo madhuras tiktaḥ
kaṭv amla iti naikadhā
bhautikānāṁ vikāreṇa
rasa eko vibhidyate
kaṭv amla iti naikadhā
bhautikānāṁ vikāreṇa
rasa eko vibhidyate
Word by word
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.