Chapter 8, Verse 19
भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते। रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे।।8.19।।
bhūtagrāmaḥ sa evāyaṃ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate. rātryāgame'vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavatyaharāgame.।8.19.।
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- भूतग्रामः
- the multitude of beings
- सः
- that (same)
- एव
- indeed/verily
- अयम्
- this
- भूत्वा भूत्वा
- having come into being again and again
- प्रलीयते
- is dissolved/perishes
- रात्रि-आगमे
- at the arrival of night
- अवशः
- helpless/without control
- पार्थ
- O son of Prithā (Arjuna)
- प्रभवति
- comes forth/is manifested
- अहः-आगमे
- at the arrival of day
Commentary
19. This same multitude of beings having come into being again and again, is dissolved at the coming on of night, not of their will, O son of Pfitha, and comes forth at the coming on of day.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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भूतग्रामः
सः
एव
अयम्
भूत्वा भूत्वा
प्रलीयते
रात्रि-आगमे
अवशः
पार्थ
प्रभवति
अहः-आगमे
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