अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत | अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ||२-२८||
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata . avyaktanidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā ||2-28||
- avyakta-ādīni
- in the beginning unmanifested
- bhūtāni
- all that are created
- vyakta
- manifested
- madhyāni
- in the middle
- bhārata
- O descendant of Bharata
- avyakta
- nonmanifested
- nidhanāni
- when vanquished
- eva
- it is all like that
- tatra
- therefore
- kā
- what
- paridevanā
- lamentation
All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?