Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 9

Sanskrit Verse

पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।

जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु।।7.9।।

Transliteration

puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛithivyāṁ cha tejaśh chāsmi vibhāvasau

jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūteṣhu tapaśh chāsmi tapasviṣhu

Word meanings

puṇyaḥ—pure; gandhaḥ—fragrance; pṛithivyām—of the earth; cha—and; tejaḥ—brilliance; cha—and; asmi—I am; vibhāvasau—in the fire; jīvanam—the life-force; sarva—in all; bhūteṣhu—beings; tapaḥ—penance; cha—and; asmi—I am; tapasviṣhu—of the ascetics

Swami Sivananda's translation

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

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 7