Bhagavad Gita · Gunatraya Vibhaga YogaChapter 14, Shloka 3 (14.3)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
मम योनिर्महद् ब्रह्म तस्मिन् गर्भं दधाम्यहम्
सम्भवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत
॥ 14.3 ॥
mama yonirmahad brahma tasmin garbhaṃ dadhāmyaham
sambhavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tato bhavati bhārata
Translation
"O Bharata, the great Brahman (primal prakriti) is My womb (the place of conception); in it I place the seed — from that comes the birth of all beings."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. mama svabhūtā madīyā māyā triguṇātmikā prakṛtiḥ yoniḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kāraṇam — My maya-prakriti, made of the three gunas, is the womb of all; sarvakāryebhyo mahattvāt bharaṇāc ca svavikārāṇāṃ mahat brahma — because it is greater than all its effects and because it sustains its own modifications, it is "the great Brahman"; garbhaṃ hiraṇyagarbhasya janmanaḥ bījaṃ — the seed = the seed of the birth of Hiranyagarbha.
Acharya Ramanuja. mama madīyaṃ kṛtsnasya jagato yonibhūtaṃ mahad brahma — the great Brahman = the acetanā prakṛti of 7.4; in it the garbha = the joining with it of the conscious class of souls (the higher prakriti of 7.5).
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.