सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् ।कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ॥
sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṃ yānti māmikām | kalpakṣaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛjāmy aham ||
- सर्वभूतानि · sarvabhūtāni
- all beings
- कौन्तेय · kaunteya
- O son of Kunti
- प्रकृतिम् · prakṛtim
- nature
- मामिकाम् · māmikām
- my own
- यान्ति · yānti
- enter, return to
- कल्पक्षये · kalpakṣaye
- at the end of the age
- पुनः · punaḥ
- again
- कल्पादौ · kalpādau
- at the beginning of the age
- विसृजामि · visṛjāmi
- I send forth
- अहम् · aham
- I
“All beings return into my own nature at the end of the age, O Kaunteya, and at the beginning of the age I send them forth again.”
— Original plain-language translation
The cosmic breathing of Chapter 8 is now owned personally: withdrawal and emission are Krishna's own acts. Nature is his, and its rhythms are his gestures. Creation is not toil but periodic forth-pouring.
— Reader's notes (original)