8.18 अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे। रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके
avyaktād
Word meanings
avyaktāt—from the unmanifested;vyaktayaḥ—the manifested;sarvāḥ—all;prabhavanti—emanate;ahaḥ-āgame—at the advent of Brahma’s day;rātri-āgame—at the fall of Brahma’s night;pralīyante—they dissolve;tatra—into that;eva—certainly;avyakta-sanjñake—in that which is called the unmanifest
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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As the day approaches, all manifestations emerge from the unmanifest, and as the night approaches, they dissolve into the same, which is known as the 'unmanifest.'
At the dawning of that day all objects in manifestation stream forth from the Unmanifest, and when evening falls they are dissolved into It again.
All the manifested entities come forth from the unmanifest (Avyakta) at the coming of the day of Brahma; at the coming of his night they are dissolved into that which is known also as the unmanifest.
With the coming of day all manifested things emerge from the Unmanifest and when night comes they merge in that itself which is called the Unmanifested.
From the unmanifested all the manifested (worlds) proceed at the coming of the “day”; at the coming of the “night” they dissolve verily into that alone which is called the unmanifested.
8.20 परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः। यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति
paras
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paraḥ—transcendental;tasmāt—than that;tu—but;bhāvaḥ—creation;anyaḥ—another;avyaktaḥ—unmanifest;avyaktāt—to the unmanifest;sanātanaḥ—eternal;yaḥ—who;saḥ—that;sarveṣhu—all;bhūteṣhu—in beings;naśhyatsu—cease to exist;na—never;vinaśhyati—is annihilated
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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But there exists another Being which is beyond this, and It is both manifest and unmanifest and is eternal. It is this Being that does not perish while all other beings perish.
In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish.
There is, however, another non-manifest being than this non-manifest entity, which is eternal; this is not destroyed when all entities are destroyed.
But distinct from that Unmanifested is the other eternal unmanifest Reality, who does not get destroyed when all beings get destroyed.
But verily there exists, higher than the unmanifested, another unmanifested Eternal who is not destroyed when all beings are destroyed.
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अक्षरब्रह्मयोग
Chapter 8: The Nature of Brahman
akṣarabrahmayoga
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8.19 भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते। रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे
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Word meanings
bhūta-grāmaḥ—the multitude of beings;saḥ—these;eva—certainly;ayam—this;bhūtvā bhūtvā—repeatedly taking birth;pralīyate—dissolves;rātri-āgame—with the advent of night;avaśhaḥ—helpless;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;prabhavati—become manifest;ahaḥ-āgame—with the advent of day
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Being born and reborn, the same multitude of beings is dissolved when night approaches and is born again, willy-nilly, when day approaches, O son of Prtha!
The same multitude of beings, which have lived on earth so often, all are dissolved as the night of the universe approaches, to issue forth anew when morning breaks. Thus is it ordained.
The same multitude of beings comes forth again and again irresistibly, and is dissolved at the coming of the night. And again it comes forth at the coming of the day.
O son of Prtha, after being born again and again, that very multitude of beings disappears in spite of itself at the approach of night. It comes to life at the approach of day.
This same multitude of beings, born again and again, is dissolved, helplessly, O Arjuna, (into the unmanifested) at the coming of the night, and comes forth at the coming of the day!
