Chapter 7 · Knowledge and Realization

    Verse 6

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 7, Verse 6

    एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय। अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा।।7.6।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    etad-yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhāraya ahaṁ kṛitsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā

    Translation

    Know that all beings have these two as the source of their birth. Therefore, I am the origin and the dissolver of the whole universe.
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