Bhagavad Gita · 8.20
॥
Devanāgarī
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः ।
यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
paras tasmāt tu bhāvo 'nyo 'vyakto 'vyaktāt sanātanaḥ |
yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
परः तस्मात् तुparaḥ tasmāt tubut higher (paraḥ) than it (tasmāt).
भावः अन्यःbhāvaḥ anyaḥthere exists another (anya) nature (bhāva).
अव्यक्तःavyaktaḥunmanifest.
अव्यक्तात्avyaktātthan that [material] unmanifest.
सनातनःsanātanaḥeternal.
यः सःyaḥ saḥwhich.
सर्वेषु भूतेषुsarveṣu bhūteṣuwhen all (sarveṣu) beings (bhūteṣu).
नश्यत्सुnaśyatsuare destroyed.
न विनश्यतिna vinaśyatiit is not destroyed.
Translation
“But there exists another, higher nature — eternal and transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested material world. This higher nature is never destroyed, even when all created beings in this world are destroyed.”
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