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Chapter 7, Verse 9

"Bhagavad Gita 7.9" — meaning and explanation.

Meaning

7.9 I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in the fire, the life in all beings, and I am the austerity in ascetics.

।।7.9।। पृथ्वी में पवित्र गन्ध हूँ और अग्नि में तेज हूँ; सम्पूर्ण भूतों में जीवन हूँ और तपस्वियों में मैं तप हूँ।।

Explanation

7.9 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.Commentary 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.

Life Lesson

Study Bhagavad Gita 7.9 slowly, then express its central teaching through one thoughtful action in daily life.

Context

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7, verse 9, from Krishna's dialogue with Arjuna at Kurukshetra.

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