भगवद्गीता bhagavad-gītā - chapter-14, verse-3

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मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन्गर्भं दधाम्यहम् ।
संभवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत ॥३॥

3. mama yonirmahadbrahma tasmingarbhaṁ dadhāmyaham ,
saṁbhavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ tato bhavati bhārata.

3. mama yoniḥ mahat brahma tasmin garbham dadhāmi
aham sambhavaḥ sarvabhūtānām tataḥ bhavati bhārata

3. bhārata mama yoniḥ mahat brahma asti aham tasmin
garbham dadhāmi tataḥ sarvabhūtānām sambhavaḥ bhavati

3. My womb (yoni) is the great Brahman (brahman). Into that, I implant the seed (garbha). From this union, the birth (sambhava) of all beings (bhūta) occurs, O Bhārata.

Words meanings summery:

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मम (mama) - belonging to me (Lord Krishna) (my, mine)

योनिः (yoniḥ) - the creative source or matrix (womb, source, origin, birthplace)

महत् (mahat) - the great, universal principle (great, vast, expansive)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate, undifferentiated spiritual substance, here functioning as the primordial material cause (Brahman, the supreme reality)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - into that great Brahman (brahman) (in that, into that)

गर्भम् (garbham) - the primordial seed of consciousness or life (embryo, fetus, seed, germ)

दधामि (dadhāmi) - I implant, I inseminate (I place, I hold, I put)

अहम् (aham) - Lord Krishna (the Supreme Self) (I)

सम्भवः (sambhavaḥ) - the coming into being or manifestation (birth, origin, production)

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

ततः (tataḥ) - as a result of that (union of Brahman and the seed) (from that, thence, thereafter)

भवति (bhavati) - occurs, takes place (it becomes, it is, it comes to be)

भारत (bhārata) - O Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - belonging to me (Lord Krishna) (my, mine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Genitive singular of the first person pronoun 'asmad'.

योनिः (yoniḥ) - the creative source or matrix (womb, source, origin, birthplace)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yoni

yoni - womb, source, origin, birthplace, race

Note: Nominative singular.

महत् (mahat) - the great, universal principle (great, vast, expansive)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, vast, extensive, important; the Great Principle (Mahat-tattva)

Note: Nominative singular (neuter) modifying 'brahma'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the ultimate, undifferentiated spiritual substance, here functioning as the primordial material cause (Brahman, the supreme reality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the Absolute, the supreme reality; sacred utterance, Veda

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular. Here personified as the cosmic womb.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - into that great Brahman (brahman) (in that, into that)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Locative singular, referring to 'mahat brahma'.

गर्भम् (garbham) - the primordial seed of consciousness or life (embryo, fetus, seed, germ)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, womb, interior, seed, germ

Note: Accusative singular, object of 'dadhāmi'.

दधामि (dadhāmi) - I implant, I inseminate (I place, I hold, I put)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dhā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: First person singular present active indicative of root 'dhā'.

अहम् (aham) - Lord Krishna (the Supreme Self) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Nominative singular of the first person pronoun 'asmad'.

सम्भवः (sambhavaḥ) - the coming into being or manifestation (birth, origin, production)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambhava

sambhava - birth, origin, production, possibility

Derived from root bhū (to be) with prefix sam + aC suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular, subject of 'bhavati'.

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings, of all creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures, all elements

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

sarva – all, every, whole, entire
adjective (masculine)
bhūta – being, creature, element, existing thing
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
Derived from root bhū (to be) + kta suffix.
Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Genitive plural.

ततः (tataḥ) - as a result of that (union of Brahman and the seed) (from that, thence, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that) + 'tas' suffix indicating 'from'.

भवति (bhavati) - occurs, takes place (it becomes, it is, it comes to be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Third person singular present active indicative of root 'bhū'.

भारत (bhārata) - O Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata