अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta-madhyāni bhārata avyakta-nidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā
Recitation · Text 2.28
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (11 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Krishna observes that all beings are unmanifest before birth, manifest in the middle, and unmanifest again after death — so what is there to lament? He frames birth and death as the visible middle of something mostly invisible, not the whole story.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:Birth and death, in this view, are just the visible middle stretch of something mostly invisible — not the whole story.