Sanskrit · Devanagari
सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः। तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ tāsāṃ brahma mahadyonirahaṃ bījapradaḥ pitā
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882and I (am) the father
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।14.4।। --,देवपितृमनुष्यपशुमृगादिसर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय? मूर्तयः देहसंस्थानलक्षणाः मूर्छिताङ्गावयवाः मूर्तयः संभवन्ति याः? तासां मूर्तीनां ब्रह्म महत् सर्वावस्थं योनिः कारणम् अहम् ईश्वरः बीजप्रदः गर्भाधानस्य कर्ता पिता।।के गुणाः कथं बध्नन्तीति? उच्यते --,
7017f0a19259…Rāmānuja
14.4 In all wombs such as those of gods, Gandharvas, Yaksas, Raksasas, men, animals, beasts, birds, serpents etc., whatever forms are generated, the brahman (Prakrti) is the 'great womb' or cause. Beginning from Mahat and ending with the five elements, Prakrti, with the mass of conscient selves imbedded by Me in it, is the cause. I am the sowing father. The meaning is that I am the imbedder of the multiplex of conscient selves according to each one's Karma. Now, He teaches the cause of continuing births as divinities etc., of those born in this manner at the beginning of a cycle of creation. It is due to the conjunction of these beings with Prakrti, in keeping with their old Karmas:
f6d12654eb81…Swami Sivananda
14.4 सर्वयोनिषु in all the wombs? कौन्तेय O son of Kunti (Arjuna)? मूर्तयः forms? सम्भवन्ति are produced? याः which? तासाम् their? ब्रह्म Brahma? महत् great? योनिः womb? अहम् I? बीजप्रदः seedgiving? पिता father.Commentary I am the father The Primordial Nature is the mother. The whole manifested world is the child Nature has produced in its association with me. Therefore I am called the father of this world.Wombs Such as the gods? the manes? men? cattle? beasts? birds? etc.Forms Bodies consisting of parts? limbs? organs? etc.
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