Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14, Verse 4

सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः । तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता

sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ | tāsāṃ brahma mahadyonirahaṃ bījapradaḥ pitā

Translation

Whatever forms are produced, O son of Kuntī, in any wombs whatsoever, the Great Brahman is their womb, I the seed-giving Father.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

sarvayoniṣu

(in) all, in wombs

kaunteya

O Kaunteya

mūrtayaḥ

forms

sambhavanti

are born

yāḥ

which

tāsām

of these

brahma

Brahman

mahadyoniḥ

the great womb

aham

I

bījapradaḥ

the seed, gives, thus

pitā

father

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Wombs: such as the Devas, the Pitṛs, men, cattle, beasts. Forms: such as the bodies which are the condensed aggregations of several parts and limbs. Of these forms, the Great Brahman (Prakṛti) which passes through all states of matter is the cause; and I, the Īśvara, am the Father, the author of impregnation of the seed in the womb.