Bhagavad Gita · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaChapter 9, Shloka 7 (9.7)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्
कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्
॥ 9.7 ॥
sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṃ yānti māmikām
kalpakṣaye punastāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham
Translation
"O Kaunteya, at the end of a kalpa all beings dissolve into my prakriti, and at the beginning of a kalpa I bring them forth again."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Prakṛtiṃ triguṇātmikām aparāṃ nikṛṣṭāṃ … kalpa-kṣaye pralaya-kāle — into the lower prakriti made of the three gunas, at the time of dissolution; kalpādau visṛjāmi utpādayāmi ahaṃ pūrvavat.
Acharya Ramanuja. Māmikāṃ mac-charīra-bhūtāṃ prakṛtiṃ tamaḥ-śabda-vācyāṃ nāma-rūpa-vibhāgānarhāṃ — into prakriti, which is my body, called "tamas", without any division of name and form; kalpa-kṣaye caturmukhāvasāna-samaye mat-saṃkalpād yānti — at the end of four-faced Brahma, by my will. Evidence Manu 1.5, 1.8; Subala 2, 7; the Rigveda (tama āsīt tamasā gūḍham agre).
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