Chapter 7, Verse 9
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ। जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु।।7.9।।
puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ca tejaścāsmi vibhāvasau। jīvanaṃ sarvabhūteṣu tapaścāsmi tapasviṣu॥7.9॥
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- पुण्यः
- the pure/sweet (fragrance)
- गन्धः
- fragrance, smell
- पृथिव्याम्
- in the earth
- च
- and
- तेजः
- the light/brilliance
- च
- and
- अस्मि
- I am
- विभावसौ
- in the sun/fire
- जीवनम्
- the life-force
- सर्वभूतेषु
- in all beings
- तपः
- austerity
- च
- and
- अस्मि
- I am
- तपस्विषु
- in ascetics
Commentary
9. And I am the agreeable odour in the earth and the brilliance in the fire, the vitality in all beings, and I am the austerity in ascetics.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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पुण्यः
गन्धः
पृथिव्याम्
च
तेजः
च
अस्मि
विभावसौ
जीवनम्
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तपः
च
अस्मि
तपस्विषु
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