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Bhagavad Gita 14.4

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

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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sarvasarvaall
yoniṣhuyoniṣhuspecies of life
kaunteyakaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
mūrtayaḥmūrtayaḥforms
sambhavantisambhavantiare produced
yāḥyāḥwhich
tāsāmtāsāmof all of them
brahma-mahatbrahma-mahatgreat material nature
yoniḥyoniḥwomb
ahamahamI
bīja-pradaḥbīja-pradaḥseed-giving
pitāpitāFather

Whatever forms are produced, O Arjuna, in any womb whatsoever, the great Brahma is their womb, and I am the seed-giving father.

हे कौन्तेय ! समस्त योनियों में जितनी मूर्तियाँ (शरीर) उत्पन्न होती हैं, उन सबकी योनि अर्थात् गर्भ है महद्ब्रह्म और मैं बीज की स्थापना करने वाला पिता हूँ।।