14. The Three Qualities of Nature

Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yog

BG 14.4

Whatever forms are produced in any womb, this great womb of Brahma is their womb, and I am their father.

सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः
तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता

  • sarva-yoniṣhu — all species

    • sarva — all

    • yoniṣhu — species

  • kaunteya — Arjuna

  • mūrtayaḥ — forms

  • sambhavanti — are produced

  • yāḥ — which

  • tāsāṁ — of all of them

  • brahma — Brahma

  • mahad — great

  • yonir — womb

  • ahaṁ — I

  • bīja-pradaḥ — seed-giving

    • bīja

    • pradaḥ

  • pitā — father

...14.2

My womb is the great Brahman, in which I plant the seed from which all beings are born.

[3]

Whatever forms are produced in any womb, this great womb of Brahma is their womb, and I am their father.

[4]

Purity, passion, and ignorance are all born from the law of nature, and bind the soul to the body.

[5]

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Chapter 14, Verse 4