Bhagavad Gita
Guna-traya-vibhaga-yoga (The Yoga of Distinguishing the Three Modes of Material Nature)14.4
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Bhagavad Gita · 14.4
Devanāgarī

सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः ।
तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ |
tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सर्वयोनिषुsarva-yoniṣuin all (sarva) species of life (yonishu).
कौन्तेयkaunteyaO son of Kunti!
मूर्तयःmūrtayaḥforms, bodies.
सम्भवन्ति याःsambhavanti yāḥwhich (yah) appear (sambhavanti).
तासाम्tāsāmtheir.
ब्रह्म महत्brahma mahatthe Mahat Brahman.
योनिःyoniḥthe womb [mother].
अहम्ahamI.
बीजप्रदः पिताbīja-pradaḥ pitāthe Father (pita) who gives (pradah) the seed (bija).
Translation

“O son of Kunti, know that whatever forms of life appear in all species of existence, the Mahat Brahman [material nature] is their womb [mother], and I am the seed-giving Father.”

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