Bhagavad Gita · Akshara Brahma YogaChapter 8, Shloka 18 (8.18)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे
रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके
॥ 8.18 ॥
avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame
rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasaṃjñake
Translation
"At the coming of (Brahma's) day, all manifest things (beings and objects) emerge from the unmanifest, and at the coming of night they dissolve into that very thing called the unmanifest."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Avyaktaṃ prajāpateḥ svāpāvasthā — the unmanifest is Prajapati's state of sleep; aharāgame … brahmaṇaḥ prabodha-kāle — when Brahma wakes; rātryāgame brahmaṇaḥ svāpa-kāle pralīyante. And the purpose: saṃsāre vairāgya-pradarśanārthaṃ — this is said to show dispassion towards worldly existence.
Acharya Ramanuja. Trailokyāntarvartinyo deha-indriya-bhogya-bhoga-sthāna-rūpā vyaktayaḥ caturmukha-dehāvasthād avyaktāt prabhavanti — the bodies, senses, objects of enjoyment and places of enjoyment of the three worlds emerge from the unmanifest that exists as the body of four-faced Brahma, and at night dissolve into it.
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