BG 15.8
शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः ।
गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ॥
गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ॥
śarīraṁ yad avāpnoti yac cāpy utkrāmatīśvaraḥ
gṛhītvaitāni saṁyāti vāyur gandhān ivāśayāt
gṛhītvaitāni saṁyāti vāyur gandhān ivāśayāt
Word-for-word meanings
īśvaraḥ — [when] the master of the body; avāpnoti — acquires; yat — whatever; śarīram — body; utkrāmati — [and] leaves; yat ca api — whatever [body]; saṁyāti — he departs; gṛhītvā — taking with him; etāni — these [six senses]; iva — just as; vāyuḥ — the air [carries]; gandhān — odors; āśayāt — from their fragrant source.
Translation
When the master of the body [the living entity] acquires a new body after leaving an old one, he departs taking with him these six senses, just as the breeze carries odors from their fragrant source.