O foremost of Brahmanas, O twice-borm one, O vow-observing Rishi, sound, touch, form and taste have been described to you as the properties of water.
शब्दः स्पर्शश्च रूपं च रसश्चापि द्विजोत्तम। अपामेते गुणा ब्रह्मन् कीर्तितास्तव सुव्रत॥