Bhagavad Gita · 2.28
॥
Devanāgarī
अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत ।
अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata |
avyaktanidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अव्यक्तादीनिavyakta-ādīniunmanifest (avyakta) in their beginning (ādi).
भूतानिbhūtāniliving beings, all that is created.
व्यक्तमध्यानिvyakta-madhyānimanifest (vyakta) in the middle [of their life].
भारतbhārataO Bhārata!
अव्यक्तनिधनानिavyakta-nidhanāniunmanifest (avyakta) at their end (nidhana).
एवevatruly, likewise.
तत्रtatrain this, because of this.
काkāwhat? what use?
परिदेवनाparidevanāgrief, lamentation, wailing, complaint.
Translation
“O Bhārata, all created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in the middle, and unmanifest again at their end. So what is there here to lament?”
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