Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, Verse 10

बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् । बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्

bījaṃ māṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ viddhi pārtha sanātanam | buddhirbuddhimatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham

Translation

Know Me, O Pārtha, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the intelligent, the bravery of the brave.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

bījam

seed

mām

me

sarvabhūtānām

(of) all, of beings

viddhi

know

pārtha

O Pārtha

sanātanam

eternal

buddhiḥ

reason

buddhimatām

of the reasonable

asmi

am (I)

tejaḥ

splendour

tejasvinām

of the splendid

aham

I

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Seed: the cause of growth. Intelligence: the discriminative power of the antaḥ-karaṇa.