भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते ।
रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे ॥ १९ ॥
रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे ॥ १९ ॥
bhūtagrāmaḥ sa evāyaṃ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate .
rātryāgame’vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavatyaharāgame .. 19 ..
This same multitude of beings having come into being again and again, is dissolved at the coming on of night, not of their will, O son of Pṛthā, and comes forth at the coming on of day.
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This multitude of beings comprising those that move as well as those that do not—the same multitude that existed in the preceding kalpa or age, and no other—involuntarily comes into being at the coming on of day, and is dissolved again at the coming on of night—at the close of the day, Again at the coming on of day, it involuntarily comes into existance.
The Highest Goal—how reached.
In viii. 13, etc., has been shown the way, by which to reach the Imperishable (Akṣara) described above. Now, with a view to indicate the nature of the Akṣara, with a view thus to specify that so and so is the thing to be reached by this path of Yoga, the Lord proceeds as follows: