Word meanings
- śarīram
- the body
- yat
- as
- avāpnoti
- carries
- yat
- as
- ca api
- also
- utkrāmati
- leaves
- īśvaraḥ
- the Lord of the material body, the embodied soul
- gṛhītvā
- taking
- etāni
- these
- sanyāti
- goes away
- vāyuḥ
- the air
- gandhān
- fragrance
- iva
- like
- āśayāt
- from seats
Translations
When the Lord, as the individual soul, obtains a body and when He leaves it, He takes these with Him, just as the wind takes the scents from their seats (flowers, etc.).
When the Supreme Lord enters a body or leaves it, He gathers these senses together and travels with them, as the wind gathers perfume while passing through the flowers.
When the master leaves it and even when he assumes a body, he departs taking these with him, just as the wind carries away odours from their receptacles.
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।Commentary
Here is a description of how the subtle body leaves the gross body. When the Jiva, the Lord of the aggregate of the body and the rest takes up this body he brings in with him the mind and the senses when he leavs the body at its dissolution he takes with him the senses and the mind, just as the wind carries with it the fragrance from the flowers. Wherever he goes and whatever form he assumes he again operates through these senses and the mind. Lord Jiva, the Lord of the aggregate of the body and the rest.
The Self appears to be an agent or an enjoyer only when he possesses or assumes a body.