Chapter XIV · Śloka 4
सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः ।
तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता ॥
तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता ॥
sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ |
tāsāṃ brahma mahad yonir ahaṃ bīja-pradaḥ pitā ||
tāsāṃ brahma mahad yonir ahaṃ bīja-pradaḥ pitā ||
Whatever forms are born in all the wombs, O son of Kuntī, the great Brahman is their womb and I am the seed-giving father.
Every form of life across all species traces its origin to the same parentage — Prakṛti as mother and the conscious Lord as the father who bestows the seed of existence.