Bhagavad Gita 7.9पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु ॥
puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛithivyāṁ cha tejaśh chāsmi
vibhāvasau jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūteṣhu tapaśh chāsmi tapasviṣhu
Sanskrit recitation
The divine inside ordinary nature · 7.1–7.14 · Teaching
Translation
I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in the fire, the life in all beings, and I am the austerity of ascetics.
Hindi translation
पृथ्वीमें पवित्र गन्ध मैं हूँ, और अग्निमें तेज मैं हूँ, तथा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंमें जीवनीशक्ति मैं हूँ और तपस्वियोंमें तपस्या मैं हूँ।
Meaning
In Me as odour in the earth woven in Me as brilliance is the fire woven in Me as life all beings are woven in Me as austerity all ascetics are woven. I am the support (Adhishthanam or Asraya) for everything.I am the power or Sakti which helps the ascetics to control the mind and the senses.Krishna says, I am the agreeable odour. If Arjuna had asked Him, Then who is the disagreeable odour, He would have replied, It is also I.
After Swami Sivananda
The divine inside ordinary nature· 7.1–7.14→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 7.1The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, hear how you shall, without doubt, know Me fully, with…
- 7.2I will declare to you in full this knowledge combined with realization, after knowing…
- 7.3Among thousands of men, one may perchance strive for perfection; even among those…
- 7.4Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and egoism—thus is My Nature divided…
- 7.5O mighty-armed Arjuna, this is the inferior Prakriti; know it as distinct from My higher…
- 7.6Know that these two are the womb of all beings; thus, I am the source and dissolution of…
- 7.7There is nothing higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strung on Me, like clusters of gems…
- 7.8I am the flavor in water, O Arjuna; I am the light in the moon and the sun; I am the…
7.9I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in the fire, the life in all…
- 7.10Know Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the…
- 7.11Of the strong, I am the strength devoid of desire and attachment, and in all beings, I am…
- 7.12Whatever beings (and objects) that are pure, active, and inert, know that they proceed…
- 7.13Deluded by these Natures, composed of the three qualities of Nature, all this world does…
- 7.14Verily, this divine illusion of Mine, composed of the three qualities, is difficult to…
Word-by-word→
- cha
- and
- asmi
- I am
- sarva
- in all
- tapaḥ
- penance
- tejaḥ
- brilliance
- jīvanam
- the life-force
- gandhaḥ
- fragrance
- puṇyaḥ
- pure
- bhūteṣhu
- beings
- vibhāvasau
- in the fire
- tapasviṣhu
- of the ascetics
- pṛithivyām
- of the earth
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