7.6
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय ।
अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ॥
etadyonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇīty upadhāraya
ahaṃ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
Take it that all beings have these as their source. I am the origin of the whole world, and likewise its dissolution.
नेपालीमा
सबै भूतहरूको स्रोत यी नै हुन् भनी मान। म सारा संसारको उत्पत्ति हुँ, र त्यसै गरी त्यसको लय पनि हुँ।
Where it sits
7.4 and 7.5 divided his nature. This verse joins them again as the source of beings, and then puts him under both, as the coming-forth and the dissolving of the whole world.
Split: एतत्-योनीनि + भूतानि + सर्वाणि + इति + उपधारय + अहम् + कृत्स्नस्य + जगतः + प्रभवः + प्रलयः + तथा
etat-yonīni + bhūtāni + sarvāṇi + iti + upadhāraya + aham + kṛtsnasya + jagataḥ + prabhavaḥ + pralayaḥ + tathā
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| एतत्-योनीनि | etat-yonīni | nominative plural, neuter, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | having this as their source. yoni (योनि) is the womb, the place a thing comes from. "This" is the two natures just named. |
| भूतानि | bhūtāni | nominative plural, neuter | beings. |
| सर्वाणि | sarvāṇi | nominative plural, neuter | all. Agrees with bhūtāni (भूतानि). |
| इति | iti | indeclinable | thus. |
| उपधारय | upadhāraya | imperative, 2nd singular, causative | hold it so, take it as. From upa-dhṛ (उप-धृ). |
| अहम् | aham | nominative | I. |
| कृत्स्नस्य | kṛtsnasya | genitive singular, neuter | of the whole. |
| जगतः | jagataḥ | genitive of jagat (जगत्) | of the world. |
| प्रभवः | prabhavaḥ | nominative singular | the coming forth. The origin. |
| प्रलयः | pralayaḥ | nominative singular | the dissolving. |
| तथा | tathā | indeclinable | and so, likewise. |
The phrases
etat-yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇi (एतत्-योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणि) is every being, with the two natures as their source. The neuter plural ending is on the compound because bhūtāni (भूतानि) is neuter. iti upadhāraya (इति उपधारय) tells him to hold that.
aham kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ tathā (अहम् कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयः तथा) is the second hold. Of the whole world, he is where it comes from, and likewise where it dissolves. The two natures are the womb of beings. He is the origin and the end of the world those beings make.
Sanskrit in this line
सर्वाणि + इति + उपधारय sarvāṇi + iti + upadhāraya is recited sarvāṇīty upadhāraya (सर्वाणीत्युपधारय). Two joins, in order.
इ + इ i + i becomes ī (ई). सर्वाणि + इति sarvāṇi + iti is sarvāṇīti (सर्वाणीति).
इ + उ i + u becomes yu (यु). इति + उपधारय iti + upadhāraya is ity upadhāraya (इत्युपधारय). The u (उ) of upa (उप) is still there. The i (इ) of iti (इति) has become y (य्). If you hear upadhāraya (उपधारय) and miss iti (इति), you miss the "thus."
Say it back
Say what beings come from, then the two things he is to the world. If pralayaḥ (प्रलयः) drops out and only the origin remains, stay here.