I am the pure, fragrant scent in the earth, in which, who am that scent, the earth is strung. The purity of scent is shown in the earth as belonging to it by its own nature, and this stands for the purity of savour and the rest in water and the others. The impurity of scent and the rest depends on the ignorance, the demerit and so on of those caught in transmigration, and is caused by their contact with particular beings. And I am the brilliance, the radiance, in fire; the life in all beings, that by which all beings live; and the austerity in those who practise austerity, in which, who am that austerity, those of austerity are strung.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Ramanuja's commentary treats verses 7.8 through 7.11 as a single passage; it is given in full at verse 7.8.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhva's commentary treats verses 7.8 through 7.12 as a single passage; it is given in full at verse 7.8.