9.7
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय
प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् ।
कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि
कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ॥
sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṃ yānti māmikām
kalpakṣaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛjāmy aham
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking to Arjuna (अर्जुन). kaunteya (कौन्तेय) calls him the son of Kuntī (कुन्ती).
The verse
All beings go into my nature at the wasting of a world-age, son of Kuntī (कुन्ती); at the beginning of a world-age I send them forth again.
नेपालीमा
युग सकिँदा सबै भूतहरू मेरो प्रकृतिमा जान्छन्, हे कुन्तीपुत्र। युग सुरु हुँदा म तिनीहरूलाई फेरि निकाल्छु।
Where it sits
The wind was a picture of resting. This verse is the rhythm of that rest: withdrawal into his nature, and a fresh sending-forth. The next verse says how the sending works, and whose power the beings are under.
Split: सर्व-भूतानि + कौन्तेय + प्रकृतिम् + यान्ति + मामिकाम् + कल्प-क्षये + पुनः + तानि + कल्प-आदौ + विसृजामि + अहम्
sarva-bhūtāni + kaunteya + prakṛtim + yānti + māmikām + kalpa-kṣaye + punaḥ + tāni + kalpa-ādau + visṛjāmi + aham
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| सर्व-भूतानि | sarva-bhūtāni | nominative plural | all beings. |
| कौन्तेय | kaunteya | vocative | son of Kuntī (कुन्ती). |
| प्रकृतिम् | prakṛtim | accusative | nature, the primal making. pra-kṛ (प्र-कृ). |
| यान्ति | yānti | present, 3rd plural | they go. |
| मामिकाम् | māmikām | accusative feminine | mine. Agrees with prakṛtim (प्रकृतिम्). From mama (मम). |
| कल्प-क्षये | kalpa-kṣaye | locative | at the wasting of a kalpa (कल्प), a world-age. kṣaya (क्षय) is wasting. |
| पुनः | punaḥ | indeclinable | again. |
| तानि | tāni | accusative plural | them. The beings. |
| कल्प-आदौ | kalpa-ādau | locative of ādi (आदि) | at the beginning of a kalpa (कल्प). |
| विसृजामि | visṛjāmi | present, 1st singular | I send forth. vi-sṛj (वि-सृज्). |
| अहम् | aham | nominative | I. |
The phrases
sarvabhūtāni prakṛtiṃ yānti māmikām (सर्वभूतानि प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्) is the going home. All beings go into his nature. māmikām (मामिकाम्) keeps that nature his.
kalpa-kṣaye (कल्प-क्षये) is when. At the wasting of a world-age. kalpa-ādau (कल्प-आदौ) is the other time, the beginning of a world-age.
punaḥ tāni visṛjāmi aham (पुनः तानि विसृजामि अहम्) is his act at that beginning. He sends those same beings forth again.
Sanskrit in this line
पुनः + तानि punaḥ + tāni is recited punas tāni (पुनस्तानि). Before the voiceless t (त्), the visarga becomes s (स्). kalpa-kṣaye (कल्प-क्षये) and kalpa-ādau (कल्प-आदौ) are both locative. One ending is --e (ए), the ordinary locative. ādi (आदि) takes --au (औ).
Say it back
Cover the English. Say the two times, and who acts at each. If kalpa-kṣaye (कल्प-क्षये) and kalpa-ādau (कल्प-आदौ) collapse into one moment, stay here.