Chapter 14. The Three
Modes Of Material Nature
TEXT 4
sarva-yonisu kaunteya
murtayah sambhavanti yah
tasam brahma mahad yonir
aham bija-pradah pita
SYNONYMS
sarva-yonisu--in
all species of life; kaunteya--O son of Kunti; murtayah--forms;
sambhavanti--as they appear; yah--which; tasam--all
of them; brahma--supreme; mahat yonih--the source of birth
in the material substance; aham--Myself; bija-pradah--seed-giving;
pita--father.
TRANSLATION
It should
be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible
by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.
PURPORT
In this verse
it is clearly explained that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna,
is the original father of all living entities. The living entities are
combinations of the material nature and the spiritual nature. Such living
entities are seen not only on this planet, but in every planet, even in
the highest, where Brahma is situated. Everywhere there are living entities;
within the earth there are living entities, even within water and within
fire. All these appearances are due to the mother, material nature, and
Krsna's seed-giving process. The purport is that the living entities, being
impregnated in the material world, come out and form at the time of creation
according to their past deeds.
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