All existence has Krishna as its source.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन |न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम् ||१०-३९||
yaccāpi sarvabhūtānāṃ bījaṃ tadahamarjuna . na tadasti vinā yatsyānmayā bhūtaṃ carācaram ||10-39||
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Meaning
O Arjuna, I am the seed of all beings; nothing moving or unmoving can exist without Me.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
Krishna is the seed of all existence.
Word-by-word meaning
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Explanation
This verse is a direct universal statement: everything depends on Krishna.
Read the traditional commentary
Lest the long list of particular glories suggest that God is found only in the most excellent things, Krishna now expands the vision to its fullest. 'I am the seed (bīja) of all beings,' He says — the generative source from which everything springs. And then the sweeping declaration: 'There is no being, moving or unmoving, that can exist without Me' (na tad asti vinā yat syāt mayā).
This is the heart of the chapter. The vibhūtis were never meant to confine the Divine to a select few wonders. Rather, they were doorways into the realization that nothing whatsoever exists apart from Him.
The sun and the silence, the sage and the smallest blade of grass — all are upheld by the one Presence. Once this dawns, the whole of existence becomes transparent to the sacred, and the seeker can find God everywhere.
In daily life
See every beginning as connected to Krishna.
Starting a project can become sacred when seen as a seed entrusted by Krishna.
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Nurture one good seed with one action today.
Krishna is the seed of my life and growth.Reflect
What seed has Krishna placed in my life?
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The Gita on source, in other chapters
- Verse 9.17The Divine is at once the loving parent of all life and the highest truth we seek to know — tenderness and transcendence united.
- Verse 7.6All that is born and all that dissolves rests in the one Source — so meet creation and loss alike with steady trust.
- Verse 11.40 · ArjunaThe Divine pervades all that exists; wherever we turn, we stand in the presence of the One who is everything.
- Verse 13.14The one supreme awareness perceives and acts through every being everywhere — it has no outside.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 10.39
Who says Bhagavad Gita 10.39, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 10.39, in Chapter 10, Vibhuti Yoga (Vibhuti Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 10.39 mean?
O Arjuna, I am the seed of all beings; nothing moving or unmoving can exist without Me. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 10.39 for daily life?
See every beginning as connected to Krishna. Starting a project can become sacred when seen as a seed entrusted by Krishna.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 10.39 mean?
यत् च अपि — and whatever; सर्वभूतानाम् — of all beings; बीजम् — the seed; तत् अहम् अर्जुन — that I am, O Arjuna; न तत् अस्ति — there is nothing.
Where does verse 10.39 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 39 of 42 in Chapter 10, Vibhuti Yoga. The next verse is 10.40.