Bhagavad-gītā 10.39
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यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन। न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम्।।10.39।।
yach chāpi sarva-bhūtānāṁ bījaṁ tad aham arjuna na tad asti vinā yat syān mayā bhūtaṁ charācharam
I am the seed of all beings, O Arjuna! No creature, moving or unmoving, can live without Me.
English rendering by Shri Purohit Swami. Each source voice remains named.
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| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| yat | which |
| cha | and |
| api | also |
| sarva-bhūtānām | of all living beings |
| bījam | generating seed |
| tat | that |
| aham | I |
| arjuna | Arjun |
| na | not |
| tat | that |
| asti | is |
| vinā | without |
| yat | which |
| syāt | may exist |
| mayā | me |
| bhūtam | creature |
| chara-acharam | moving and nonmoving |
I am the primeval seed from which all creation has come into existence. Without Me all things would be mere void.
Attributed explanatory witness: Swami Sivananda. Chapter lens: Move from the four-verse core to representative opulences without mistaking examples for an exhaustive inventory.
Three named reading witnesses
Śaṅkara edition witness
Swami GambiranandaMoreover, O Arjuna, I am the seed of all beings. There is nothing, moving or non-moving, that can exist without Me.
Rāmānuja edition witness
Swami AdidevanandaI am also that which is the seed of all beings, O Arjuna. Nothing that moves or does not move exists without Me.
Sivananda commentary witness
Swami SivanandaI am the primeval seed from which all creation has come into existence. Without Me all things would be mere void.
These are concise, attributed reading witnesses from identified editions. They are presented for comparison and are not merged into one anonymous interpretation.
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- 1
I am the seed of all beings, O Arjuna! No creature, moving or unmoving, can live without Me
- 2
yat: which
- 3
na: not
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