Chapter II · Śloka 28
अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत |
अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ||
अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ||
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta-madhyāni bhārata |
avyakta-nidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā ||
avyakta-nidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā ||
All created beings are unmanifest in their beginnings, manifest in the interim, and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?
The arc of every being: invisible before birth, visible in life, invisible again after death. Manifestation is a brief middle passage between two darknesses. What arises from the unmanifest returns to the unmanifest — nothing is truly lost.