10.39
Chapter 10, Verse 39
यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन। न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम्৷৷
yaccāpi sarvabhūtānāṅ bījaṅ tadahamarjuna. na tadasti vinā yatsyānmayā bhūtaṅ carācaram৷৷
Translation
I am the Seed of all being, O Arjuna! No creature moving or unmoving can live without Me.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
यत् which, च and, अपि also, सर्वभूतानाम् among all beings, बीजम् seed, तत् that, अहम् I, अर्जुन O Arjuna, न not, तत् that, अस्ति is, विना without, यत् which, स्यात् may be, मया by Me, भूतम् being, चराचरम् moving or unmoving. Commentary: I am the primeval seed from which all creation has come into existence. I am the seed of everything. I am the Self of everything. Nothing can exist without Me. Everything is of My nature. I am the essence of everything. Without Me all things would be mere void. I am the soul of everything.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.