Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingसर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः।
तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता
sarva-yoniṣhu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ
tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaO son of Kunti, whatever forms are born from all the wombs, of them the great sustainer is the womb; I am the father who deposits the seed.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
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।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiसर्व योनिषु कौन्तेय
मूर्तयस् सम्भवन् ति याः
तासाम् ब्रह्म महद् योनिः
अहम् बीजप्र द # पिता
॥ ४ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthasarvaall
yoniṣhuspecies of life
kaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
mūrtayaḥforms
sambhavantiare produced
yāḥwhich
tāsāmof all of them
brahma-mahatgreat material nature
yoniḥwomb
ahamI
bīja-pradaḥseed-giving
pitāFather
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA14.4Of all forms born from all wombs — who is the mother, and who the seed-giving father?
O son of Kunti, whatever forms are born from all the wombs, of them the great sustainer is the womb; I am the father who deposits the seed.
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