Chapter 8 · Verse 19 · Akshara Brahma Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 8.19
Sanskrit
भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते। रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे।।8.19।।
Transliteration
bhūta-grāmaḥ sa evāyaṁ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate rātryāgame ’vaśhaḥ pārtha prabhavatyahar-āgame
In plain words
You are holding something—a person, a dream, a version of yourself—as though your grip will make it permanent, and the holding itself is exhausting you. Krishna says: everything you see rises and falls in its own time, not by your will. Your job is not to freeze what is dying, but to pour your love and effort into this moment, and then let the rest belong to the rhythm that moves the stars.
Word by Word
All beings—from the smallest creature to the mightiest king—are caught in an endless cycle of birth and dissolution, helpless as waves rising and falling with the cosmic tide. Each night of Brahma dissolves all creation; each dawn brings it forth again.
This is not punishment but the very nature of manifest existence, a teaching that awakens us to seek the Eternal beyond time itself. When you recognize that your body and circumstances are temporary instruments in an infinite play, you stop clinging to outcomes and begin to serve with a liberated heart.
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Bhagavad Gita 8.19 — BG 8.19
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