BG 8.19
These multitudes of beings, who have lived many lives on earth, are dissolved as the cosmic night approaches, and come back to life at the approach of the next day.
रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे
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bhūta-grāmaḥ — the multitude of beings
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bhūta
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grāmaḥ
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sa — these
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evāyaṁ — certainly this
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eva — certainly
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ayam — this
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bhūtvā bhūtvā — repeatedly taking birth
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pralīyate — dissolves
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rātryāgame — with the coming of night
rātri-āgame—with the advent of night -
’vaśhaḥ — helpless
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pārtha — Arjuna
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prabhavatyahar-āgame — manifests at the coming of day
prabhavati—become manifest; ahaḥ-āgame—with the advent of day-
prabhavatyahar
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āgame
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Those who understand the cosmic calendar know that each day and night consists of one thousand cosmic cycles. At the dawn of each cosmic day, all manifested things emerge from the unmanifest, and when night comes, they are dissolved back into it again. These multitudes of beings, who have lived many lives on earth, are dissolved as the cosmic night approaches, and come back to life at the approach of the next day. Above the unmanifest spirit of creation is an eternal and unmanifest reality which is never destroyed when all beings are destroyed. The wise say that this unmanifest and indestructible reality is the highest goal of all. This is my supreme abode, from which one does not return. That supreme spirit in whom all beings abide, which pervades the entire universe, is only reached by singular devotion.