Chapter 14, Verse 4
सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः। तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता।।14.4।।
sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ। tāsāṃ brahma mahadyonirahaṃ bījapradaḥ pitā।।14.4।।
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- सर्वयोनिषु (sarva-yoniṣu)
- in all wombs/species of existence
- कौन्तेय (kaunteya)
- O son of Kuntī (Arjuna)
- मूर्तयः (mūrtayaḥ)
- forms/bodies
- सम्भवन्ति (sambhavanti)
- arise/come into being
- याः (yāḥ)
- which (relative pronoun, referring to forms)
- तासाम् (tāsām)
- of those (forms)
- ब्रह्म (brahma)
- the Brahman (primordial nature, Prakṛti)
- महत्-योनिः (mahat-yoniḥ)
- the great womb (source of origination)
- अहम् (aham)
- I
- बीजप्रदः (bīja-pradaḥ)
- the seed-giver
- पिता (pitā)
- father
Commentary
4. Whatever forms are produced, O son of Kunti, in any wombs whatsoever, the Great. Brahman is their womb, I the seed-giving Father.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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सर्वयोनिषु (sarva-yoniṣu)
कौन्तेय (kaunteya)
मूर्तयः (mūrtayaḥ)
सम्भवन्ति (sambhavanti)
याः (yāḥ)
तासाम् (tāsām)
ब्रह्म (brahma)
महत्-योनिः (mahat-yoniḥ)
अहम् (aham)
बीजप्रदः (bīja-pradaḥ)
पिता (pitā)
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