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: ।।
sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ | tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā ||
¡Oh Arjuna! Cualesquiera seres encarnados que nazcan en toda clase de vientres y modos de nacimiento, sabe que la vasta Prakṛti es su gran matriz, y que Yo soy el padre que otorga la semilla. De la unión de la materia y la conciencia surge la multitud de los seres; por ello, mira toda vida como arraigada en una sola fuente cósmica y obra sin odio ni arrogancia.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
All embodied beings, regardless of their form or mode of birth, arise from a single cosmic process: Prakṛti is the universal womb (material matrix), and the Lord is the seed-giving father (conscious, initiating cause). This vision supports ethical conduct by reducing pride, hostility, and divisive thinking.
In the Bhagavad Gītā discourse on the battlefield, the Lord explains to Arjuna the origin of living beings through the conjunction of the material principle (Prakṛti) and the divine/conscious principle, grounding spiritual instruction in a comprehensive account of creation and embodiment.