Bhagavad Gita 9.7 meaningThe open secret
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“At the end of time, everything comes back to me. Then it all begins again.”
What it means
“At the end of a cosmic cycle, all beings return into my nature. At the start of a new cycle, I send them out again.”
The original Sanskrit
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् । कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ॥
sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṃ yānti māmikām kalpakṣaye punastāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham
Translations
Literal translation
O son Kunti, all the beings go back at the end of a cycle to My Prakrti. I project them forth again at the beginning of a cycle.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
हे कौन्तेय ! (एक) कल्प के अन्त में समस्त भूत मेरी प्रकृति को प्राप्त होते हैं; और (दूसरे) कल्प के प्रारम्भ में उनको मैं फिर रचता हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
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