# Bhagavad Gita 7.9

**Canonical reference:** `gita.7.9`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।
जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु ॥

## IAST

puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ca tejaścāsmi vibhāvasau
jīvanaṃ sarvabhūteṣu tapaścāsmi tapasviṣu

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

I am the fragrant smell in the earth, refulgence in the fire I am life in all beings, and penance in those who perform penance.

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