Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.4
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.4 · 14 · Verse 4
Sanskrit Original
।।14.4।।सर्वासु देवगन्धर्वयक्षराक्षसमनुष्यपशुमृगपक्षिसरीसृपादिषु योनिषु तत्तन्मूर्तयः याः संभवन्ति जायन्ते तासां ब्रह्म महद् योनिः कारणं मया संयोजितचेतनवर्गा महदादिविशेषान्तावस्था प्रकृतिः कारणम् इत्यर्थः। अहं बीजप्रदः पिता तत्र तत्र च तत्तत्कर्मानुगुण्येन चेतनवर्गस्य संयोजकः च अहम् इत्यर्थः।एवं सर्गादौ प्राचीनकर्मवशाद् अचित्संसर्गेण देवादियोनिषु जातानां पुनः पुनः देवादिभावेन जन्महेतुम् आह --
14.4 In all wombs such as those of gods, Gandharvas, Yaksas, Raksasas, men, animals, beasts, birds, serpents etc., whatever forms are generated, the brahman (Prakrti) is the 'great womb' or cause. Beginning from Mahat and ending with the five elements, Prakrti, with the mass of conscient selves imbedded by Me in it, is the cause. I am the sowing father. The meaning is that I am the imbedder of the multiplex of conscient selves according to each one's Karma. Now, He teaches the cause of continuing births as divinities etc., of those born in this manner at the beginning of a cycle of creation. It is due to the conjunction of these beings with Prakrti, in keeping with their old Karmas: