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Father

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Chapter 14 • Verse 3 →The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas
Mama yonir mahad brahma tasmin garbham dadhamy aham, sambhavah sarva-bhutanam tato bhavati bharata

The total material substance (Mahat Brahma) is My womb, and I impregnate it with the seed of all living beings. The birth of all entities comes from that, O Arjuna. Krishna reveals Himself as the ultimate father of all creation, combining consciousness with matter.

  • •The entire material creation is the womb of the Divine
  • •God impregnates matter with the seeds of all beings
  • •All existence arises from the union of consciousness and matter
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Chapter 14 • Verse 4 →The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas
Sarva-yonishu kaunteya murtayah sambhavanti yah, tasam brahma mahad yonir aham bija-pradah pita

O son of Kunti, for all species of life that appear in all forms, the great material nature is their womb, and I am the seed-giving father. Every species of life in all forms traces back to this one source — divine consciousness combining with material nature.

  • •God is the father of all species of life
  • •Material nature is the universal mother
  • •All diversity of life forms has one divine origin
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