यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन ।न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम् ॥
yac cāpi sarvabhūtānāṃ bījaṃ tad aham arjuna | na tad asti vinā yat syān mayā bhūtaṃ carācaram ||
- यत् चापि · yat cāpi
- and whatever
- सर्वभूतानाम् · sarvabhūtānām
- of all beings
- बीजम् · bījam
- the seed
- तत् अहम् · tat aham
- that am I
- अर्जुन · arjuna
- O Arjuna
- न तत् अस्ति · na tat asti
- there is nothing
- विना मया · vinā mayā
- without me
- भूतम् · bhūtam
- a being
- चराचरम् · carācaram
- moving or unmoving
“Whatever is the seed of all beings, that am I, O Arjuna. No being, moving or unmoving, can exist without me.”
— Original plain-language translation
The catalogue's sum: every seed is him, and nothing grows apart from him. Particular glories resolve into universal ground. Exclusion is impossible — existence itself is participation.
— Reader's notes (original)