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Bhagavad Gita 9.7

सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्। कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।

sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛitiṁ yānti māmikām kalpa-kṣhaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛijāmyaham

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sarva-bhūtānisarva-bhūtāniall living beings
kaunteyakaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
prakṛitimprakṛitimprimordial material energy
yāntiyāntimerge
māmikāmmāmikāmmy
kalpa-kṣhayekalpa-kṣhayeat the end of a kalpa
punaḥpunaḥagain
tānitānithem
kalpa-ādaukalpa-ādauat the beginning of a kalpa
visṛijāmivisṛijāmimanifest
ahamahamI

All beings, O Arjuna, go into My Nature at the end of a Kalpa; I send them forth again at the beginning of the next Kalpa.

हे कौन्तेय ! (एक) कल्प के अन्त में समस्त भूत मेरी प्रकृति को प्राप्त होते हैं; और (दूसरे) कल्प के प्रारम्भ में उनको मैं फिर रचता हूँ।।