अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत ।अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ॥
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata |avyaktanidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā ||
- अव्यक्तादीनि · avyaktādīni
- unmanifest in beginning
- भूतानि · bhūtāni
- beings
- व्यक्तमध्यानि · vyaktamadhyāni
- manifest in the middle
- भारत · bhārata
- O Bharata (Arjuna)
- अव्यक्तनिधनानि · avyaktanidhanāni
- unmanifest in the end
- एव · eva
- indeed
- तत्र · tatra
- thereat, in this
- का · kā
- what
- परिदेवना · paridevanā
- lamentation, cause for grief
“Beings are unmanifest in the beginning, manifest in the middle, O Bharata, and unmanifest again in the end. What cause for lament is there in this?”
— Original plain-language translation
Life as an interval of visibility between two mysteries — the verse asks us to locate grief's object precisely. We mourn the visible middle passing, yet the middle was always a loan between unknowns. Lament, Krishna suggests, misplaces the miracle.
— Reader's notes (original)