CH 8, Verse 19

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Chapter 8

Verse 19

 

Bhuuta-graamah sa ev'aayam bhuutvaa bhuutvaa

praleeyate /

raatry-aagame'vashah Paartha prabhavaty ahar-aagame //

 

The same multitude of beings, coming forth again and

again, merge (into the unmanifest,) O Partha,

helplessly, at the approach of night; and they come

forth again at the approach of day.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 82

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

 

"The same multitude of beings, coming forth again and

again, merge (into the unmanifest,) O Partha,

helplessly, at the approach of night; and they come

forth again at the approach of day."

 

The creative period is the period when the whole

universe with its innumerable forms, movable and

immovable, become manifest. This period is called

Kalpa. It is followed by dissolution of the manifested

world into the unmanifest Prakriti. The period of

dissolution is called Pralaya. Kalpa and Pralaya are

of equal duration. Pralaya is followed by Kalpa and

Kalpa is followed by Pralaya. Thus Pralaya and Kalpa

alternate in a cyclic process.

 

All individual souls (Jivas) are involved in this

cyclic process. They suffer and enjoy and undergo

birth and death continuously according to their Karma.

At the time of dissolution these souls remain latent

in the unmanifested Prakriti in a germ state. As

plants spring from seeds these souls come back to

their old condition of active life when the new Kalpa

begins.

 

When a man attains self-realization, he is delinked

from this cycle of births and deaths. He attains

Moksha (liberation.) His soul merges in the Supreme

Divine spirit. But those who do not have the

realization cannot get release from this cycle. They

remain helpless creatures under the impact of their

own Karma. Forced by their own Karma, they are

helplessly dragged into creation. As such they come

into manifestation at the approach of Brahman’s day

and merge into the unmanifested at the approach of

Brahman’s night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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