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Whatever forms are produced, O Arjuna, in any womb whatsoever, the great Brahma is their womb and I am the seed-giving father.

Whatever forms come into being in any womb, son of Kunti, the great Brahman is their womb, and I am the father who gives the seed.

Krishna extends the image to every living form. Whatever bodies are born from any womb, whether of humans, animals or plants, their ultimate womb is the great Brahman, and he is the father who supplies the seed. Every creature, then, has a common mother and a common father. The verse gives a cosmic basis for kinship among all beings. For Arjuna, who began the dialogue grieving over killing his relatives, it widens the idea of family to include all life. It also sets up the next verse, which explains how beings born of nature come to be bound.