Sanskrit
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ । जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु ॥ ९ ॥
puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ca tejaś cāsmi vibhāvasau jīvanaṃ sarvabhūteṣu tapaś cāsmi tapasviṣu
Translation
The pure fragrance of earths and the brilliance in fire am I; the life in all beings am I, and the austerity in ascetics.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The list from verse 8 continues: fragrance in earth, brilliance in fire, life-force in all beings, austerity in ascetics. Each item follows the same template — an essential, defining quality abstracted from its physical bearer — building toward verse 12’s key move, where this whole pattern gets a name and a boundary.