मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन्गर्भं दधाम्यहम् ।सम्भवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत ॥
mama yonir mahad brahma tasmin garbhaṃ dadhāmy aham |sambhavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tato bhavati bhārata ||
- मम · mama
- my
- योनिः · yoniḥ
- womb
- महत् ब्रह्म · mahad brahma
- the great expanse, primal nature (prakriti)
- तस्मिन् · tasmin
- in that
- गर्भम् · garbham
- the seed, germ
- दधामि · dadhāmi
- I place
- अहम् · aham
- I
- सम्भवः · sambhavaḥ
- the coming-forth, birth
- सर्वभूतानाम् · sarvabhūtānām
- of all beings
- ततः · tataḥ
- from that
- भारत · bhārata
- O Bharata (Arjuna)
“The great expanse of nature is my womb; in it I place the seed. From that, O Bharata, comes the birth of all beings.”
— Original plain-language translation
Krishna gives a parental image of creation: spirit as father, nature as mother. Every creature thus has a divine spark clothed in material nature — a theme that makes the gunas personally relevant. Compare 7.4–7.7, where the two natures were first introduced.
— Reader's notes (original)