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
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| paraḥ | paraḥ | transcendental |
| tasmāt | tasmāt | than that |
| tu | tu | but |
| bhāvaḥ | bhāvaḥ | creation |
| anyaḥ | anyaḥ | another |
| avyaktaḥ | avyaktaḥ | unmanifest |
| avyaktāt | avyaktāt | to the unmanifest |
| sanātanaḥ | sanātanaḥ | eternal |
| yaḥ | yaḥ | who |
| saḥ | saḥ | that |
| sarveṣhu | sarveṣhu | all |
| bhūteṣhu | bhūteṣhu | in beings |
| naśhyatsu | naśhyatsu | cease to exist |
| na | na | never |
| vinaśhyati | vinaśhyati | is 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।।