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Chapter 8 · Verse 18 · Akshara Brahma Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 8.18

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Sanskrit

अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे। रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके।।8.18।।

Transliteration

avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyahar-āgame rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyakta-sanjñake

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
Simplified Perspective

From the Unmanifest emerges all that we perceive—the dance of creation itself flows from what lies beyond form and time. This verse reveals the breathing rhythm of the cosmos: manifestation arises at dawn, dissolution returns at dusk, all within the eternal Unmanifest.

When you realize that both your appearance and your disappearance are held within something infinitely larger, the fear of loss dissolves into trust.

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Bhagavad Gita 8.18 — BG 8.18

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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