BG - 8.19

भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते। रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे।।8.19।।

bhūta-grāmaḥ sa evāyaṁ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate rātryāgame ’vaśhaḥ pārtha prabhavatyahar-āgame

• bhūta-grāmaḥ - the multitude of beings
• saḥ - these
• eva - certainly
• ayam - this
• bhūtvā bhūtvā - repeatedly taking birth
• pralīyate - dissolves
• rātri-āgame - with the advent of night
• avaśhaḥ - helpless
• pārtha - Arjun, the son of Pritha
• prabhavati - become manifest
• ahaḥ-āgame - with the advent of day

Translation

This same multitude of beings, being born again and again, helplessly dissolves, O Arjuna, into the Unmanifested at the coming of the night and comes forth at the coming of the day.

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