Word meanings
- etat yonīni
- these two (energies) are the source of
- bhūtāni
- living beings
- sarvāṇi
- all
- iti
- that
- upadhāraya
- know
- aham
- I
- kṛtsnasya
- entire
- jagataḥ
- creation
- prabhavaḥ
- the source
- pralayaḥ
- dissolution
- tathā
- and
Translations
Know that these two are the womb of all beings; thus, I am the source and dissolution of the whole universe.
It is the womb of all beings; for I am He by Whom the worlds were created and shall be dissolved.
Understand thus that all things—sentient and insentient—have these as their source. I am the origin as well as the end of the entire universe.
अपरा और परा -- इन दोनों प्रकृतियोंके संयोगसे ही सम्पूर्ण प्राणी उत्पन्न होते हैं, ऐसा तुम समझो। मैं सम्पूर्ण जगत् का प्रभव तथा प्रलय हूँ।Commentary
These two Natures, the inferior and the superior, are the womb of all beings. As I am the source of these two Prakritis or Natures also? I am the cause of this universe. The whole universe originates from Me and dissolves in Me. In the Brahma Sutras (chapter 1, section 1, aphorism 2) it is said? Janmadyasya yatah meaning that Brahman is that omniscient and omnipotent cause from which proceed the origin, subsistence and dissolution of this world. Just as the mind is the material cause and also the seer (Drashta) for the objects seen in a dream, so also Isvara is the material cause of this world (Upadana-Karana) and also the seer (Drashta).
He is also the efficient or the instrumental cause (Nimitta-Karana). (Cf.XIV.3)