Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Vijnana YogaChapter 7, Shloka 9 (7.9)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ
जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु
॥ 7.9 ॥
puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ca tejaścāsmi vibhāvasau
jīvanaṃ sarvabhūteṣu tapaścāsmi tapasviṣu
Translation
"I am the pure fragrance in the earth, the brilliance in fire, the life in all beings, and the austerity in ascetics."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya — "puṇya" fragrance. Puṇyaḥ surabhiḥ gandhaḥ — pure, sweet fragrance; puṇyatvaṃ gandhasya svabhāvata eva pṛthivyāṃ darśitam — the natural form of fragrance is pure; apuṇyatvaṃ tu gandhādīnām avidyā-dharmādy-apekṣaṃ … bhūta-viśeṣa-saṃsarga-nimittaṃ — foul smell comes from ignorance and from contact with particular elements. Jīvanaṃ … yena jīvanti sarvāṇi bhūtāni; tapaś cāsmi tapasviṣu, tasmin tapasi mayi tapasvinaḥ protāḥ.
Acharya Ramanuja (7.8–7.11 combined) — ete sarve vilakṣaṇā bhāvā matta eva utpannāḥ mac-cheṣa-bhūtā mac-charīratayā mayi eva avasthitāḥ ataḥ tat-prakāraḥ aham eva avasthitaḥ
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.