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Chapter 7
punyo gandhah prthivyam ca tejatcasmi vibhavasau
jivanam sarvabhutesu tapascasmi tapasvisu
I am pure fragrance of the earth, the lustre in fire; I am the life-force in all beings, and austerity in ascetics. 9
Comment:-
Punyo gandhah prthivyam:—The earth is born of subtle element, smell, stays with it, and merges in it. The earth, is of no importance without pure fragrance, fragrance is a characteristic of earth. So, the Lord declares, "I am pure fragrance in earth." The Lord, uses the objective 'punya' (pure) in order to explain that naturally there is pure fragrance in the earth. But bad smell is produced, because it becomes polluted
Tejascasmi vibhavasau:—Combustion is born of subtle element, fire, is inherent in it, and at the end, merges in it. Therefore, in fire combustion is the essence. In fire, if there is no combustion it is useless. So the Lord is that combustion.
Jivanam sarvabhateau:—Lord Krsna declares, "I am life, in all beings." All beings possess life-power, by which they are alive. It is because of that power, that man even in sound sleep, remains different from a dead man.
Tapascasmi tapasvipu:—Endurance, in the pairs of opposites, is - called austerity (tapa). But real austerity, is that in which a striver remains uniform (unchanged), unaffected in difficulties, which he has to face, in realizing God. This austerity, is an invaluable possession, of ascetics. Without austerity, they cannot be called ascetics. So Lord Krsna declares, "I am, austerity in ascetics."
Appendix:—In the creation of the universe God is the agent (doer), God is the cause and God is the effect. Therefore smell and earth, lustre (combustion) and fire, life-power and beings, austerity and ascetic—all of them (cause and effect) are only God. The reason is that Para and Apara—both being the power of God are inseparable from Him. Therefore the entire universe which is born by the union of Para and Apara is only the manifestation of God.
Punyo gandhah:—'Gandha-tanmatra' (smell-subtle element) is the cause and earth is its effect. By calling the smell pure the Lord means to say that the cause (tanmatra) is ever pure. Impurity is caused by alteration (modification) in the effect. Therefore as fragrance tanmatra is pure, similarly sound, touch, colour and taste—tanmatras should also be considered pure.
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