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Bhagavad Gita 15.8

Chapter 15: Purushottama Yoga (The Supreme Person) · पुरुषोत्तमयोग

शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः ।गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ॥

śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ |gṛhītvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt ||

Meaning of Gita 15.8 in English

When the soul takes a body and when it leaves one, it carries the mind and senses along with it, just as the wind carries scent from flowers.

गीता 15.8 का हिंदी अर्थ

जब आत्मा कोई शरीर पाती है या उसे छोड़ती है, तो वह मन और इंद्रियों को साथ ले जाती है, जैसे हवा फूलों से सुगंध ले जाती है।

death and rebirthsoulwhat happens after death

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.