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8.18Krishna
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अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे ।रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके ॥

avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavanty aharāgame | rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasaṃjñake ||

अव्यक्तात् · avyaktāt
from the unmanifest
व्यक्तयः · vyaktayaḥ
manifest things
सर्वाः · sarvāḥ
all
प्रभवन्ति · prabhavanti
come forth
अहरागमे · aharāgame
at the coming of day
रात्र्यागमे · rātryāgame
at the coming of night
प्रलीयन्ते · pralīyante
they dissolve
तत्रैव · tatraiva
into that very
अव्यक्तसंज्ञके · avyaktasaṃjñake
called the unmanifest

From the unmanifest all manifest things come forth at the coming of day; at the coming of night they dissolve into that same unmanifest.

Original plain-language translation

Manifestation breathes in and out with the cosmic day. Nothing solid is truly solid; all form periodically returns to seed. This rhythm prepares the contrast with the higher unmanifest of verse 20.

Reader's notes (original)