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अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे |
रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके ||८-१८||
avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame . rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasaṃjñake ||8-18||
From the Unmanifested all the manifested (worlds) proceed at the coming of the 'day'; at the coming of the 'night' they dissolve verily into that alone which is called the Unmanifested.
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Krishna explains the cosmic cycle: "When the cosmic 'day' begins, all beings emerge from the invisible into the visible world. When the cosmic 'night' falls, everything dissolves back into the invisible."
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