Just as the wind carries fragrance from its source, the embodied being carries the mind and senses into a new body.
— Krishna
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Bhagavad Gita · 15.8
Hindi · हिन्दी
जैसे वायु गन्धके स्थानसे गन्धको ग्रहण करके ले जाती है, ऐसे ही शरीरादिका स्वामी बना हुआ जीवात्मा भी जिस शरीरको छोड़ता है, वहाँसे मनसहित इन्द्रियोंको ग्रहण करके फिर जिस शरीरको प्राप्त होता है, उसमें चला जाता है ॥
The verse in reading order — each Sanskrit word with its meaning beneath. Hover a word to focus on it.
शरीरम्bodyयत्whichअवाप्नोतिattainsयत्whichच अपिand alsoउत्क्रामतिleavesईश्वरःthe lordगृहीत्वाhaving takenएतानिtheseसंयातिgoes forthवायुःwindगन्धान्fragrancesइवlikeआशयात्from a source
Read literallybody · which · attains · which · and also · leaves · the lord · having taken · these · goes forth · wind · fragrances · like · from a source
Understanding the verse
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It shifts attention from the body as the whole self to the carried pattern of mind and senses.
The embodied being leaves one body and enters another, carrying the mind and senses along, just as wind carries scent.
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On the battlefield
Context & commentary
On Kurukshetra, while Arjuna is frozen and Krishna is explaining what truly moves through life and death, the teaching turns subtle. The embodied being does not simply vanish; it carries the mind and senses onward, like wind carrying fragrance from one place to another.
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In your life
Why this verse still matters
You leave a job, a city, or a relationship, and the same habits travel with you. The outer setting changes fast; the inner pattern arrives first.
The takeaway
“What moves on is not a fixed personality, but the whole pattern of mind and sense that clings to experience.”
It shifts attention from the body as the whole self to the carried pattern of mind and senses.
What this verse means
The embodied being leaves one body and enters another, carrying the mind and senses along, just as wind carries scent.
Context & commentary
On Kurukshetra, while Arjuna is frozen and Krishna is explaining what truly moves through life and death, the teaching turns subtle. The embodied being does not simply vanish; it carries the mind and senses onward, like wind carrying fragrance from one place to another.
Why this verse still matters
You leave a job, a city, or a relationship, and the same habits travel with you. The outer setting changes fast; the inner pattern arrives first.
“What moves on is not a fixed personality, but the whole pattern of mind and sense that clings to experience.”
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