Bhagavad Gita
Guna-traya-vibhaga-yoga (The Yoga of Distinguishing the Three Modes of Material Nature)14.3
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Bhagavad Gita · 14.3
Devanāgarī

मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन्गर्भं दधाम्यहम् ।
सम्भवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

mama yonir mahad brahma tasmin garbhaṁ dadhāmy aham |
sambhavaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ tato bhavati bhārata ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
मम योनिःmama yoniḥMy womb.
महत् ब्रह्मmahat brahmathe great Brahman [material nature].
तस्मिन्tasmininto it.
गर्भम्garbhamthe seed.
दधामिdadhāmiI place.
अहम्ahamI.
सम्भवःsambhavaḥbirth.
सर्वभूतानाम्sarva-bhūtānāṁof all living beings.
ततःtataḥfrom there, by that.
भवतिbhavaticomes about.
भारतbhārataO Bharata!
Translation

“O Bharata, the great Brahman [the primordial material substance] is the womb into which I place the seed. Thus the birth of all living beings comes about.”

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