Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 14.4
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 14.4 · 14 · Verse 4
Sanskrit Original
।।14.4।। --,देवपितृमनुष्यपशुमृगादिसर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय? मूर्तयः देहसंस्थानलक्षणाः मूर्छिताङ्गावयवाः मूर्तयः संभवन्ति याः? तासां मूर्तीनां ब्रह्म महत् सर्वावस्थं योनिः कारणम् अहम् ईश्वरः बीजप्रदः गर्भाधानस्य कर्ता पिता।।के गुणाः कथं बध्नन्तीति? उच्यते --,
14.4 O son of Kunti, yah, whatever; murtayah, forms-that have their parts and limbs integrated, which is characteristic of the formation of bodies; sambhavanti, are born; sarva-yonisu, from all wombs-from the wombs of gods, manes, humans, cattle, beasts, etc.; tasam, of them, of those forms; mahat brahma, the great-sustainer, which exists as all the (various) forms; is the yonih, womb, source. Aham, I, God; am the pita, father; bija-pradah, who desposits the seed, the agent of impregnation. (Now) is being stated which are the alities and how they bind: