çaréraà yad aväpnoti
yac cäpy utkrämatéçvaraù
gåhétvaitäni saàyäti
väyur gandhän iväçayät
Audio
çaréram—the body; yat—as; aväpnoti—gets; yat—as; ca api—also; utkrämati—gives up; éçvaraù—the lord of the body; gåhétvä—taking; etäni—all these; saàyäti—goes away; väyuù—the air; gandhän—smells; iva—like; äçayät—from their source.
The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas. Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another.