The seed in every being

yaccāpi sarvabhūtānāṃ bījaṃ tadahamarjunana tadasti vinā yatsyānmayā bhūtaṃ carācaram

Whatever is the seed of all beings, that I am, Arjuna. Nothing, moving or still, could exist without Me.

What it means

Krishna sums up the long list. Forget the examples for a moment. Whatever is the bija, the seed, of every being, that is him. Nothing that moves, nothing that stands still, could exist without him. He isn't just in the best things. He's the source of everything that is.

The story

Arjuna has heard dozens of examples. Now Krishna tells him why they matter. They're not a ranking. They're clues to the seed hidden in everything.

In your life

Hold a seed, an apple pip, a bean, and think of the tree folded inside it. Everything grows from a source. Today, look at one ordinary thing and wonder where it came from.