मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन् गर्भे दधाम्यहम् ।
सम्भवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत ॥ ३ ॥
सम्भवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत ॥ ३ ॥
mama yonirmahadbrahma tasmin garbhe dadhāmyaham .
sambhavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tato bhavati bhārata .. 3 ..
My womb is the great Brahman; in that I place the germ; thence, O Bharata, is the birth of all beings.
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My womb: My own Prakṛti,—i.e., the Prakṛti which belongs to Me, the Māyā made up of the three Guṇas, the material cause of all beings. This Prakṛti is spoken of as great because it is greater than all effects; and as the source and nourishing energy of all its modifications, It is termed Brahman. In that Great Brahman I place the germ, the seed of the birth of the Hiraṇyagarbha, the seed which gives birth to all beings. I who am possessed of the two potencies (Saktis), the two Prakṛtis of Kṣetra and the Kṣetrajña, unite the Kṣetrajña with Kṣetra, the Kṣetrajña conforming Himself to the upadhis of avidya (nescience), kama (desire), and karma (action). This act of impregnation gives rise to the birth of all beings through the birth of the Hiraṇyagarbha.