Sanskrit · Devanagari
शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः। गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ॥
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śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ gṛhitvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Whenever the ruler (of the bodily frame) obtains or quits a body he goes taking these (with him) as the wind (takes) perfumes from (their) seats. And presiding over the senses of hearing and seeing and touch
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।15.8।। --,यच्चापि यदा चापि उत्क्रामति ईश्वरः देहादिसंघातस्वामी जीवः? तदा कर्षति इति श्लोकस्य द्वितीयपादः अर्थवशात् प्राथम्येन संबध्यते। यदा च पूर्वस्मात् शरीरात् शरीरान्तरम् अवाप्नोति तदा गृहीत्वा एतानि मनःषष्ठानि इन्द्रियाणि संयाति सम्यक् याति गच्छति। किमिव इति? आह -- वायुः पवनः गन्धानिव आशयात् पुष्पादेः।।कानि पुनः तानि --,
e5b0af8a3d5a…Rāmānuja
15.8 Whatever body It acires, and from whatever body It departs, the lord of the senses, i.e., the self, goes on Its way taking with It the senses with the subtle elements, just like the wind carrying scents from place to place. Just as the wind takes away scents with subtle parts from flower-garlands, sandal, musk and the rest from their places and moves elsewhere - so does the self. What are these senses? Sri Krsna explains:
f970c4cc03d3…Swami Sivananda
15.8 शरीरम् a body? यत् when? अवाप्नोति obtains? यत् when? च and? अपि also? उत्क्रामति leaves? ईश्वरः the Lord? गृहीत्वा taking? एतानि these? संयाति goes? वायुः the wind? गन्धान् the scents? इव as? आशयात् from (their) seats (the flowers).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.
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