Bhagavad Gita 15.8 · Krishna
Like wind carrying a fragrance
शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः।
गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात्॥
śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥgṛhitvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt
When the lord of the body takes a body, and when it leaves, it carries these with it, as the wind carries scent from flowers.
What it means
Krishna gives a gentle image. When the soul takes a body, and when it leaves, it carries mind and senses with it. Like the wind carrying the fragrance of flowers to a new place. The flowers stay behind. The fragrance travels on.
The story
Arjuna fears that death ends everything for his elders. Krishna offers the image of a fragrance on the breeze. Something continues, carried gently onward.
In your life
Remember the smell of a grandmother's perfume or a garden after rain, carrying memories. Something lasts beyond the source. Remember one fragrance that brings back someone you've lost.
Something travels on, like fragrance on the wind.