Bhagavad Gita 2.28
Chapter 2, verse 28
Meaning
Beings are unseen before they begin, seen for a while in the middle, and unseen again when they end, Arjuna. Why mourn over a pattern like that?
The Sanskrit
अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत ।
अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ॥ २८ ॥
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata
avyaktanidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā
Say it
uv-yuk-taa-dee-ni bhoo-taa-ni vyuk-tuh-mudh-yaa-ni bhaa-ruh-tuh
uv-yuk-tuh-ni-dhuh-naan-yay-vuh tuh-truh kaa puh-ri-day-vuh-naa
Word by word
- avyakta-ādīni
- unmanifest at the beginning
- bhūtāni
- beings, living creatures
- vyakta-madhyāni
- manifest in the middle
- bhārata
- descendant of Bharata (Arjuna)
- avyakta-nidhanāni eva
- unmanifest again at the end
- tatra kā paridevanā
- so why lament over that?
Read it in context: verses 2.25–28Unseen before, unseen afterWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Grieve the loss, not the pattern
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.28 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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