Gita Verse 7.6

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 6

Sanskrit Verse

एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय।

अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा।।7.6।।

Transliteration

etad-yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhāraya

ahaṁ kṛitsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā

Word meanings

etat yonīni—these two (energies) are the source of; bhūtāni—living beings; sarvāṇi—all; iti—that; upadhāraya—know; aham—I; kṛitsnasya—entire; jagataḥ—creation; prabhavaḥ—the source; pralayaḥ—dissolution; tathā—and

Swami Sivananda's translation

Know that these two are the womb of all beings; thus, I am the source and dissolution of the whole universe.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 7