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Bhagavad Gita · 8.18 · Path of the Eternal God·18 of 28

अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे।रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके ॥

avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ

prabhavantyahar-āgame rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyakta-sanjñake

Sanskrit recitation

The path of light · 8.14–8.22 · Teaching

Translation

From the Unmanifested, all the manifested worlds proceed upon the arrival of the 'day'; upon the arrival of the 'night', they dissolve indeed into that which is known as the Unmanifested.

Meaning

When Brahma awakes, all manifestations, moving and unmoving (animate and inanimate) stream forth at the coming of the day from the Avyakta or the Unmanifested. When Brahma goes to sleep, all the manifestations merge in the Unmanifested, for the cosmic night has set in.Coming of the day Commencement of creation.Coming of the night Commencement of dissolution. (Cf.IX.7and8)

After Swami Sivananda

The path of light· 8.14–8.22→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
avyaktāt
from the unmanifested
vyaktayaḥ
the manifested
sarvāḥ
all
prabhavanti
emanate
ahaḥ-āgame
at the advent of Brahma’s day
rātri-āgame
at the fall of Brahma’s night
pralīyante
they dissolve
tatra
into that
eva
certainly
avyakta-sanjñake
in that which is called the unmanifest

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