Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 7 · Knowledge and Realization

    Verse 9

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 7, Verse 9

    पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ। जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु।।7.9।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛithivyāṁ cha tejaśh chāsmi vibhāvasau jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūteṣhu tapaśh chāsmi tapasviṣhu

    Translation

    I am the pure scent in the earth; I am the radiance in the fire; I am the life-force in all beings, and austerity in ascetics.
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