सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः ।तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता ॥
sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ |tāsāṃ brahma mahad yonir ahaṃ bījapradaḥ pitā ||
- सर्वयोनिषु · sarvayoniṣu
- in all wombs, in every form of birth
- कौन्तेय · kaunteya
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- मूर्तयः · mūrtayaḥ
- forms, embodied beings
- सम्भवन्ति · sambhavanti
- come into being
- याः · yāḥ
- whatever
- तासाम् · tāsām
- of them
- ब्रह्म महत् · brahma mahat
- the great nature
- योनिः · yoniḥ
- the womb, mother
- अहम् · aham
- I
- बीजप्रदः · bījapradaḥ
- the seed-giving
- पिता · pitā
- father
“Whatever forms are born in any womb at all, O Kaunteya — great nature is their mother, and I am the seed-giving father.”
— Original plain-language translation
The scope is deliberately universal: gods, humans, animals — no being falls outside this parentage. Differences among creatures come from nature's variety, not from the seed, which is one. This quietly grounds the Gita's compassion toward all life.
— Reader's notes (original)