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Bhagavad Gita 15.8

The soul carries the senses and mind from body to body like wind carrying scent.

शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः।
गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात्॥

śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ
gṛhītvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt

Translation

When the lord of the body takes on a body, and when it leaves one, it carries these senses and mind along, as the wind carries scents away from their source.

Hindi

जब देह का स्वामी जीव नया शरीर पाता है और जब उसे छोड़ता है, तब इन इंद्रियों और मन को साथ लेकर चलता है, जैसे वायु फूल आदि के स्थान से गंध को ले जाती है।

Commentary

The image of wind carrying fragrance is gentle and exact: the scent is not the flower, yet it travels with the air. In the same way the senses and mind, with their impressions, go with the departing soul into the next body. This is the Gita's plain account of rebirth, and 15.9 says how the soul then enjoys the world through them.

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