Contents
Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya
(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)
CHAPTER -7
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9. I am the sweet fragrance in the earth, and the brilliance in fire am I; the life in all beings, and the austerity in ascetics am I. I am the sweet fragrance in the earth: its agreeable odour; in Me who am that odoui is the earth woven. Odour is by nature agreeable. The agreeableness spoken of with reference to the earth is by implication applicable to the sapidity in waters, etc. Disagreeableness of odour in the earth, and of the like, brought about by the combination of different elements, is be cause of the avidyā and adharma of transmigrating souls[1]. And the brilliance, lustre in lire. Agni, am I. So also, the life in all beings, that by which all beings live, the vital energy; and the austerity in ascetics am I: in Me, that austerity, are ascetics woven. |
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References and Context
- ↑ ' Ouour' etc. in their primary forms arc verily agreeable (and sacred), since they arc objects of enjoyment by Siddhas and their like. But when they (odour, etc.) get transformed in combination with their own effects (the elements), they become disagreeable to ordinary living beings, owing to the evil (sin) in those beings. (A)