3 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on life force. Explore teachings across 3 chapters.
Apane juhvati pranam prane 'panam tathapare, pranapana-gati ruddhva pranayama-parayanah
Others offer the outgoing breath into the incoming breath, and the incoming breath into the outgoing, practicing pranayama and controlling the movement of breath — they have dedicated themselves to breath-control as their sacrifice.
Punyo gandhah prithivyam ca tejas casmi vibhavasau, jivanam sarva-bhutesu tapas casmi tapasvishu
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.
Aham vaishvanaro bhutva praninam deham ashritah, pranapana-samayuktah pacamy annam catur-vidham
I am the fire of digestion in every living body, and I am the air of life — outgoing and incoming — by which I digest the four kinds of food. Krishna reveals that even the biological process of digestion is sustained by His divine presence as the digestive fire within all beings, connecting the mundane act of eating to the sacred.