puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ca tejaś cāsmi vibhāvasau
jīvanaṃ sarva-bhūteṣu tapaś cāsmi tapasviṣu
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aham]
ca (and I) pṛthivyām (in earth) puṇyaḥ (pure) gandhaḥ (fragrance),
vibhāvasau ca (and in fire) tejaḥ (heat) asmi (I am).
[
aham]
ca (and I) sarva-bhūteṣu (in all beings) jīvanaṁ (life),
tapasviṣu ca (in ascetics) tapaḥ (austerity) asmi (I am).
| puṇyaḥ |
– |
puṇya 1n.1 m. – good, meritorious, pious, pure (from: √pū – to purify, or √puṇ – to act piously); |
| gandhaḥ |
– |
gandha 1n.1 m. – fragrance; |
| pṛthivyām |
– |
pṛthivī 7n.1 f. – in earth (from: √pṛth – to extend, pṛthu – broad, extensive, great); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| tejaḥ |
– |
tejas 1n.1 n. – sharpness, heat, splendour, prowess, semen (from: √tij – to sharpen, to tolerate); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| asmi |
– |
√as (to be) Praes. P 3v.1 – I am; |
| vibhāvasau |
– |
vibhā-vasu 7n.1 m. – in fire, in Sun (from: vibhā – light, beauty; √vas – to dwell, vasu – n. wealth, m. Vasu (one of eight), Kuvera, Śiva, Sun, fire); |
| jīvanam |
– |
jīvana 1n.1 n. – life, enlivening (from: √jīv – to live, jīva – living, living being, life); |
| sarva-bhūteṣu |
– |
sarva-bhūta 7n.3 m.; sarveṣu bhūteṣu iti – in all beings (from: sarva – all, whole; √bhū – to be, PP bhūta – been, real, world); |
| tapaḥ |
– |
tapas 1n.1 n. – heat, austerity (from: √tap – to scorch); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| asmi |
– |
√as (to be) Praes. P 3v.1 – I am; |
| tapasviṣu |
– |
tapasvin 7n.3 m. – in those undergoing austerity, in ascetics (from: √tap – to scorch, tapas – heat, austerity); |
puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ca → puṇyaḥ pṛthivyāṃ gaṃdho ‘smi (I am a nice fragrance in earth);
puṇyaḥ surabhir gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ cāham | tasmin mayi gandha-bhūte pṛthivī protā | puṇyatvaṃ gandhasya svabhāvata eva pṛthivyāṃ darśitam ab-ādiṣu rasādeḥ puṇyatvopalakṣaṇārtham | apuṇyatvaṃ tu gandhādīnām avidyā-dharmādy-apekṣaṃ saṃsāriṇāṃ bhūta-viśeṣa-saṃsarga-nimittaṃ bhavati | tejaś ca dīptiś cāsmi vibhāvasau agnau | tathā jīvanaṃ sarva-bhūteṣu, yena jīvanti sarvāṇi bhūtāni tat jīvanam | tapaś cāsmi tapasviṣu, tasmin tapasi mayi tapasvinaḥ protāḥ
commentary under the verse BhG 7.11
kiṃ ca puṇya iti | puṇyo ‚vikṛto gandho gandha-tan-mātram | pṛthivyā āśraya-bhūto ‚ham ity arthaḥ | yad vā vibhūti-rūpeṇāśrayatvasya vivakṣitatvāt surabhi-gandhasyaivotkṛṣṭatayā vibhūtitvāt puṇyo gandha ity uktam | tathā vibhāvasāgnau yat tejo duḥsahā sahajā dīptis tad aham | sarva-bhūteṣu jīvanaṃ prāṇa-dhāraṇa-vāyur aham ity arthaḥ | tapasviṣu vānaprasthādiṣu dvandva-sahana-rūpaṃ tapo ‚smi
puṇyaḥ surabhir avikṛto gandhaḥ sarva-pṛthivī-sāmānya-rūpas tan-mātrākhyaḥ pṛthivyām anusyūto ‚ham | ca-kāro rasādīnām api puṇyatva-samuccayārthaḥ | śabda-sparśa-rūpa-rasa-gandhānāṃ hi svabhāvata eva puṇyatvam avikṛtatvaṃ prāṇinām adharma-viśeṣāt tu teṣām apuṇyatvaṃ na tu svabhāvata iti draṣṭavyam | tathā vibhāvasāv agnau yat tejaḥ sarva-dahana-prakāśana-sāmarthya-rūpam uṣṇa-sparśa-sahitaṃ sita-bhāsvaraṃ rūpaṃ puṇyaṃ tad aham asmi | ca-kārādyo vāyau puṇya uṣṇa-sparśāturāṇām āpyāyakaḥ śīta-sparśaḥ so ‚py aham iti draṣṭavyam |
sarva-bhūteṣu sarveṣu prāṇiṣu jīvanaṃ prāṇa-dhāraṇam āyur aham asmi | tad-rūpe mayi sarve prāṇinaḥ protā ity arthaḥ | tapasviṣu nityaṃ tapo-yukteṣu vānaprasthādiṣu yat tapaḥ śītoṣṇa-kṣut-pipāsādi-dvandva-sahana-sāmarthya-rūpaṃ tad aham asmi | tad-rūpe mayi tapasvinaḥ protā viśeṣaṇābhāve viśiṣṭābhāvāt | tapaś ceti ca-kāreṇa cittaikāgryam āntaraṃ jihvopasthādi-nigraha-lakṣaṇaṃ bāhyaṃ ca sarvaṃ tapaḥ samuccīyate
puṇyo ‚vikṛto gandhaḥ puṇyas tu cārv api ity amaraḥ | ca-kāro rasādīnām api puṇyatva-samuccayārthaḥ | tejaḥ sarva-vastu-pācana-prakāśana-śīta-trāṇādi-sāmarthya-rūpaḥ sāraḥ | jīvanam āyur eva sāraḥ | tapo dvandva-sahanādikam eva sāraḥ
puṇyo ‚vikṛto gandhas tan-mātra-lakṣaṇaḥ | ca-kāro rasādīnām aham api puṇyatva-samuccāyakaḥ | vibhāvasau vahnau tejaḥ sarva-vastu-pacana-prakāśanādi-sāmarthya-rūpaṃ ca śadād vāyau yaḥ puṇyaḥ sparśa uṣṇa-sparśa-vyākulānām āpāyakaḥ so ‚ham iti bodhyam | jīvanam āyus tapo dvandva-sahanam
