BHAGAVAD-GITA 8:19

April 2, 2004

BHAGAVAD-GITA 8:19

bhuta-gramah sa evayam

bhutva bhutva praliyate

ratry-agame 'vasah partha

prabhavaty ahar-agame

WORD FOR WORD

bhuta-gramah--the aggregate of all living entities; sah--these;

eva--certainly; ayam--this; bhutva bhutva--repeatedly taking birth;

praliyate--is annihilated; ratri--of night; agame--on the arrival;

avasah--automatically; partha--O son of Prtha; prabhavati--is

manifest; ahah--of daytime; agame--on the arrival.

TRANSLATION

Again and again, when Brahma's day arrives, all living entities come

into being, and with the arrival of Brahma's night they are helplessly

annihilated.

PURPORT

The less intelligent, who try to remain within this material world,

may be elevated to higher planets and then again must come down to

this planet earth. During the daytime of Brahma they can exhibit their

activities on higher and lower planets within this material world, but

at the coming of Brahma's night they are all annihilated. In the day

they receive various bodies for material activities, and at night they

no longer have bodies but remain compact in the body of Visnu. Then

again they are manifest at the arrival of Brahma's day. Bhutva bhutva

praliyate: during the day they become manifest, and at night they are

annihilated again. Ultimately, when Brahma's life is finished, they

are all annihilated and remain unmanifest for millions and millions of

years. And when Brahma is born again in another millennium they are

again manifest. In this way they are captivated by the spell of the

material world. But those intelligent persons who take to Krsna

consciousness use the human life fully in the devotional service of

the Lord, chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/

Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Thus they transfer

themselves, even in this life, to the spiritual planet of Krsna and

become eternally blissful there, not being subject to such rebirths.

permission.

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