Chapter 7: Gyaan Vigyana Yoga, verse 9
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।
जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु ॥
Say itpuṇyo gandhaḥ pṛithivyāṁ cha tejaśh chāsmi vibhāvasau
jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūteṣhu tapaśh chāsmi tapasviṣhu
Translation
I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in the fire, the life in all beings, and I am the austerity of ascetics.
Swami Sivananda
I am also the sweet fragrance in the earth; I am the brilliance in the fire, and the life in all beings; and I am the austerity of the ascetics.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
I am the pure scent in the earth; I am the radiance in the fire; I am the life-force in all beings, and austerity in ascetics.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
I am the pure scent in the earth; I am also the radiance in the sun; I am the life in all beings and the austerity in the ascetics.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
I am the fragrance of the earth, the brilliance of fire, the life force in all beings, and the austerity of ascetics.
Shri Purohit Swami
पृथ्वीमें पवित्र गन्ध मैं हूँ, और अग्निमें तेज मैं हूँ, तथा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंमें जीवनीशक्ति मैं हूँ और तपस्वियोंमें तपस्या मैं हूँ।
Swami Ramsukhdas
पृथ्वी में पवित्र गन्ध हूँ और अग्नि में तेज हूँ; सम्पूर्ण भूतों में जीवन हूँ और तपस्वियों में मैं तप हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.