BG - 2.28

अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत। अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना।।2.28।।

avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta-madhyāni bhārata avyakta-nidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā

• avyakta-ādīni - unmanifest before birth
• bhūtāni - created beings
• vyakta - manifest
• madhyāni - in the middle
• bhārata - Arjun, scion of Bharat
• avyakta - unmanifest
• nidhanāni - on death
• eva - indeed
• tatra - therefore
• kā - why
• paridevanā - grieve

Translation

Beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their middle state, O Arjuna, and unmanifest again in their end. What is there to grieve about?

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