Chapter 14 · The Three Modes of Nature

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 14.3

मम योनिर्महद् ब्रह्म तस्मिन्गर्भं दधाम्यहम् सम्भव: सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तय: सम्भवन्ति या: तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रद: पिता

mama yonir mahad brahma tasmin garbhaṁ dadhāmy aham sambhavaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ tato bhavati bhārata sarva-yoniṣhu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā

Recitation · Text 14.3
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (24 words)

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The great brahman is My womb; in it I place the seed, and from that comes the birth of all beings. Two images that a listener would keep apart — womb and seed, mother and father — are held together in one sentence.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Womb and seed, mother and father, are held together in one sentence.