Bhagavad Gita — Vibhuti Yoga, Shloka 39
Vibhuti Yoga
यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन । न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम् ॥ १०.३९ ॥
yaccāpi sarvabhūtānāṁ bījaṁ tad aham arjuna | na tad asti vinā yat syān mayā bhūtaṁ carācaram || 10.39 ||
And whatever is the seed of all beings, that I am, O Arjuna. There is no being—moving or unmoving—that can exist without Me.
हे अर्जुन! समस्त प्राणियों का जो बीज (उत्पत्ति-कारण) है, वह मैं ही हूँ। चर और अचर—ऐसा कोई भी प्राणी नहीं है जो मेरे बिना रह सके।
And whatever is the seed of all beings, that am I, Arjuna. There is nothing moving or unmoving that could exist without me.
Most editions align closely. Interpretive differences are mainly philosophical: devotional traditions read “seed” as divine creative power; non-dualist readings emphasize an ontological dependence of all entities on the absolute.
FAQs
The verse can be read as a cognitive reframing: seeing all experiences and life-forms as arising from a single underlying source can reduce fragmentation and foster steadiness and meaning.
It asserts that the divine is the causal ground (“seed”) and sustaining condition of all entities, both mobile and immobile—an affirmation of comprehensive dependence of the world on ultimate reality.
Within the Vibhūti-yoga chapter, Krishna summarizes his manifestations by stating a general principle: all beings originate from and subsist in him.
As a practical ethic, it can support reverence for life and ecological responsibility by treating all forms of existence as interconnected through a common ground.