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Shloka 4

Adhyāya 41 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Gurv-anumati and Strategic Counsel (युधिष्ठिरस्य गुर्वनुमतिः)

हे अर्जुन! मेरी महत्‌-ब्रह्मरूप मूल प्रकृति सम्पूर्ण भूतोंकी योनि है अर्थात्‌ गर्भाधानका स्थान है* और मैं उस योनिमें चेतनसमुदायरूप गर्भको स्थापन करता हूँ*। उस जड-चेतनके संयोगसे सब भूतोंकी उत्पत्ति होती है: ।। सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तय: सम्भवन्ति या: । तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रद: पिता,हे अर्जुन! नाना प्रकारकी सब योनियोंमें जितनी मूर्तियाँ अर्थात्‌ शरीरधारी प्राणी उत्पन्न होते हैं,“ प्रकृति तो उन सबकी गर्भ धारण करनेवाली माता है और मैं बीजको स्थापन करनेवाला पिता हूँ:

sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ | tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā ||

Arjuna, whatever embodied beings arise in all kinds of wombs and modes of birth—know that the vast Prakṛti is their great womb, and I am the father who bestows the seed. From the union of matter and consciousness, the multitude of beings comes forth; thus one should see all life as rooted in a single cosmic source and act without hatred or arrogance.

सर्वin all
सर्व:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
Formneuter, locative, singular
योनिषुwombs/origins
योनिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि
Formfeminine, locative, plural
कौन्तेयO son of Kuntī
कौन्तेय:
TypeNoun
Rootकौन्तेय
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
मूर्तयःforms/bodies
मूर्तयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ति
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
सम्भवन्तिcome into being/arise
सम्भवन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + भू
Formpresent, third, plural, parasmaipada
याःwhich
याः:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
तासाम्of those
तासाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formfeminine, genitive, plural
ब्रह्मBrahman / the Absolute
ब्रह्म:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
महत्great
महत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
योनिःwomb/source
योनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formnominative, singular
बीज-प्रदःseed-giving
बीज-प्रदः:
TypeAdjective
Rootबीजप्रद
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
पिताfather
पिता:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

अजुन उवाच

A
Arjuna (Kaunteya)
P
Prakṛti (as brahma/mahad-yoni)
B
Bhagavān/Kṛṣṇa (implied as speaker of the teaching in the Gītā context)