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Bhagavad Gita 8.20

परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः। यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।

paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ’nyo ’vyakto ’vyaktāt sanātanaḥ yaḥ sa sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu naśhyatsu na vinaśhyati

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
paraḥparaḥtranscendental
tasmāttasmātthan that
tutubut
bhāvaḥbhāvaḥcreation
anyaḥanyaḥanother
avyaktaḥavyaktaḥunmanifest
avyaktātavyaktātto the unmanifest
sanātanaḥsanātanaḥeternal
yaḥyaḥwho
saḥsaḥthat
sarveṣhusarveṣhuall
bhūteṣhubhūteṣhuin beings
naśhyatsunaśhyatsucease to exist
nananever
vinaśhyativinaśhyatiis annihilated

But verily, there exists higher than this Unmanifested, another Unmanifested Eternal, which is not destroyed even when all beings are destroyed.

परन्तु उस अव्यक्त से परे अन्य जो सनातन अव्यक्त भाव है, वह समस्त भूतों के नष्ट होने पर भी नष्ट नहीं होता।।