Bhagavad Gita BG 14.3
Chapter 14, Verse 3 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन्गर्भं दधाम्यहम् । सम्भवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत ॥
mama yonir mahad brahma tasmin garbham dadhamy aham sambhavah sarva-bhutanam tato bhavati bharata
Meaning
My womb is the great Brahman; in that I place the seed; from that arises the origin of all beings, O Bharata.
Understanding
A startling revelation about the cosmological ground of birth: mama yonir mahad brahma (My womb/matrix is the great Brahman — mahat brahma = the cosmic Prakriti, the primordial matter-principle). Tasmin garbham dadhamy aham (in that I place the seed/embryo — garbham dadhami = I impregnate). Sambhavah sarva-bhutanam tato bhavati (from that arises the origin of all beings). The universal Mother is Prakriti (mahat brahma); the universal Father is the Supreme Purusha (Krishna). Every birth in the universe — every body, every insect, every god — arises from this primordial union of Purusha-Prakriti. This is the teaching of the entire creation as a single cosmic birth.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| योनिः | yonih | womb, matrix, source of birth |
| महद्ब्रह्म | mahad brahma | the great Brahman — cosmic Prakriti, the primordial matter |
| गर्भम् | garbham | the seed, the embryo, the germ |
| दधामि | dadhami | I place, I deposit (first person: Krishna) |
| सम्भवः | sambhavah | origin, coming-into-being, arising |
| सर्वभूतानाम् | sarva-bhutanam | of all beings, of every creature |
| मम | mama | My |
| योनिः | yoniḥ | the womb, the source |
| तस्मिन् | tasmin | in that |
| दधामि | dadhāmi | I place, I impregnate |
| अहम् | aham | I |
| सम्भवः | sambhavaḥ | birth, origin |
| सर्व-भूतानाम् | sarva-bhūtānām | of all beings |
| ततः | tataḥ | from that |
| भवति | bhavati | comes about, occurs |
| भारत | bhārata | O descendant of Bharata |
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