It is from that illustrious Being whose attributes are for the good of all beings, that Rasa (Taste) has flown. The attribute of Rasa belongs to the waters which are, again, liquid.
तस्माच्चोत्तिष्ठते देवात् सर्वभूतहिताद् रसः। आपो हि तेन युज्यन्ते द्रवत्वं प्राप्नुवन्ति च॥