Chapter 7 • Verse 9

Jnana Vijnana Yoga

The Yoga of Knowledge and Wisdom

Sanskrit Verse

Punyo gandhah prithivyam ca tejas casmi vibhavasau, jivanam sarva-bhutesu tapas casmi tapasvishu

Translation & Meaning

I am the pure fragrance of the earth, the brightness in fire. I am the life in all living beings and the austerity in ascetics. Krishna continues enumerating His divine manifestations in the natural world, showing how the Divine pervades all sensory and vital experiences.

Key Teachings

  • God is the essential quality in every natural phenomenon
  • Vitality and life-force are expressions of the Divine
  • Spiritual discipline itself is a manifestation of God

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