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)