Verse 14.3 : Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga "Three Modes of Nature"
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The Translation
“My womb is the great primordial nature (Mahad Brahma); in that I place the seed of consciousness. From that, O Bharata, comes the birth of all living beings.”
Commentary & Insights
Krishna uses a powerful biological metaphor of fatherhood and motherhood to explain how the universe is created through the union of matter and consciousness.
Practical Application
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Respect your physical body (Prakriti) as a temple of your awareness (Spirit), keeping it clean, rested, and nourished today.
Reflections & Notes
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Self-Reflection Prompts
- How does this cosmic fatherhood-motherhood model explain the combination of biology (the physical body) and spirit (the soul) in every newborn child?
- If primordial nature (Mahat Brahma) is the mother and God is the father, how does this make the entire universe a single divine family?
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14.3
मम योनिर्महद् ब्रह्म तस्मिन्गर्भं दधाम्यहम्
Mahad Brahma is the unmanifest Prakriti, consisting of the three gunas, which is the source of all material forms. The Lord places the seed of consciousness (reflected light of Atman) into this Prakriti, causing the initial emergence of intellect (Hiranyagarbha), from which all individual beings arise.