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Bhagavad-gītā 8.18
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 18
- अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे ।
- रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके ॥१८॥
- avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ
- prabhavanty ahar-āgame
- rātry-āgame pralīyante
- tatraivāvyakta-saṁjñake
avyaktātfrom the unmanifest — from the unmanifest; vyaktayaḥliving entities — living entities; sarvāḥall — all; prabhavantibecome manifest — become manifest; ahaḥat the beginning of the day-āgameat the beginning of the day — at the beginning of the day; rātriat the fall of night-āgameat the fall of night — at the fall of night; pralīyanteare annihilated — are annihilated; tatrainto that — into that; evacertainly — certainly; avyaktathe unmanifest — the unmanifest; saṁjñakewhich is called — which is called.
At the beginning of Brahmā's day, all living entities become manifest from the unmanifest state, and thereafter, when the night falls, they are merged into the unmanifest again.