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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 18

भगवद् गीता अध्याय 8 श्लोक 18

अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे।
रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके।।8.18।।

English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

8.18. While the day approaches, all manifestations issue forth from the unmanifest and while the night approaches they dissolve into the same that bears the name the unmanifest.

English Translation of Commentary - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

8.18 See Comment under 8.19

Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 8.18

Avyaktaadvyaktayah sarvaah prabhavantyaharaagame; Raatryaagame praleeyante tatraivaavyaktasamjnake.

Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 8.18

avyaktāt—from the unmanifested; vyaktayaḥ—the manifested; sarvāḥ—all; prabhavanti—emanate; ahaḥ-āgame—at the advent of Brahma’s day; rātri-āgame—at the fall of Brahma’s night; pralīyante—they dissolve; tatra—into that; eva—certainly; avyakta-sanjñake—in that which is called the unmanifest