शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः | गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ||१५-८||
śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ . gṛhitvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt ||15-8||
Chapter 15 · Verse 8
Purushottama Yoga
पुरुषोत्तमयोग
In plain words
Here is a description of how the subtle body leaves the gross body. When the Jiva the Lord of the aggregate of the body and the rest takes up this body he brings in with him the mind and the senses when he leavs the body at its dissolution he takes with him the senses and the mind just as the wind carries with it the fragrance from the flowers. Wherever he goes and whatever form he assumes he again operates through these senses and the mind.
Translation
15.8 Whatever body Its lord acires and from whatever body It departs, It goes on Its way, taking these senses as the wind carrying scents from their places.
Meaning
Here is a description of how the subtle body leaves the gross body. When the Jiva the Lord of the aggregate of the body and the rest takes up this body he brings in with him the mind and the senses when he leavs the body at its dissolution he takes with him the senses and the mind just as the wind carries with it the fragrance from the flowers. Wherever he goes and whatever form he assumes he again operates through these senses and the mind. Lord Jiva the Lord of the aggregate of the body and the rest. The Self appears to be an agent or an enjoyer only when he possesses or assumes a body.
Word by word
शरीरम् a body यत् when अवाप्नोति obtains यत् when च and अपि also उत्क्रामति leaves ईश्वरः the Lord गृहीत्वा taking एतानि these संयाति goes वायुः the wind गन्धान् the scents इव as आशयात् from (their) seats (the flowers).