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Akshara Brahma Yoga · The Imperishable Absolute
Bhagavad Gita 8.17-19
Sanskrit
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद् ब्रह्मणो विदुः । रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ॥8.17॥अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे । रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके ॥8.18॥भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते । रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे ॥8.19॥
Transliteration
sahasrayugaparyantamaharyad brahmaṇo viduḥ | rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ ‖8.17‖ avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame | rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasaṃjñake ‖8.18‖ bhūtagrāmaḥ sa evāyaṃ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate | rātryāgame'vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavatyaharāgame ‖8.19‖
Meaning
“Those who know the day of Brahma, lasting a thousand ages, and the night ending in a thousand ages, they are the knowers of day and night. From the unmanifest all manifestations stream forth at the coming of day; at the coming of night they dissolve into that same unmanifest. This very multitude of beings, arising again and again, dissolves helplessly at the coming of night, O Partha, and streams forth at the coming of day.”
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Theme: The Imperishable Absolute
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