Chapter 15 · Verse 8 · Purushottama Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 15.8
Sanskrit
शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः।गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात्।।15.8।।
Transliteration
śharīraṁ yad avāpnoti yach chāpy utkrāmatīśhvaraḥ gṛihītvaitāni sanyāti vāyur gandhān ivāśhayāt
Word by Word
The atman enters and departs the body like wind carrying fragrance from flower to flower—never bound, never soiled, eternally free. Just as air takes scent but remains itself, the embodied soul takes on a body but its essential nature remains untouched by the material form.
This verse invites us to recognize that what we truly are cannot be captured by flesh, so we need not cling to it or fear its change.
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Bhagavad Gita 15.8 — BG 15.8
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