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Chapter 7

Chapter 7 · Verse 9

Jnana Vijnana Yoga

ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग

पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ | जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु ||७-९||

puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ca tejaścāsmi vibhāvasau . jīvanaṃ sarvabhūteṣu tapaścāsmi tapasviṣu ||7-9||

In plain words

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.

Translation

7.9 I am the pure smell in the earth; I am the brilliance in the fire; I am the life-principle in all beings, and austerity in ascetics.

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.

Word by word

पुण्यः sweet गन्धः fragrance पृथिव्याम् in earth च and तेजः brilliance च and अस्मि am (I) विभावसौ in fire जीवनम् life सर्वभूतेषु in all beings तपः austerity च and अस्मि am (I) तपस्विषु in ascetics.