Gita Verse 14.3

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 14, Verse 3

Sanskrit Verse

मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन् गर्भं दधाम्यहम्।संभवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत।।14.3।।

Transliteration

mama yonir mahad brahma tasmin garbhaṁ dadhāmy aham

sambhavaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ tato bhavati bhārata

Word meanings

mama—my; yoniḥ—womb; mahat brahma—the total material substance, prakṛiti; tasmin—in that; garbham—womb; dadhāmi—impregnate; aham—I; sambhavaḥ—birth; sarva-bhūtānām—of all living beings; tataḥ—thereby; bhavati—becomes; bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat;

Swami Sivananda's translation

My womb is the great Brahma; in it I place the germ; thence, O Arjuna, is the birth of all beings.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 14