BG 2.28
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
Word-for-word meanings
bhārata — O descendant of Bharata; bhūtāni — all beings; avyakta-ādīni — are unmanifest before birth; vyakta — manifest; madhyāni — in the interim; avyakta — [and] unmanifest; nidhanāni eva — at death indeed; tatra — in this matter; kā — what cause is there; paridevanā — for grief.
Translation
O descendant of Bharata, all beings are unmanifest before birth, manifest in the interim period between birth and death, and unmanifest again at death. In this matter, what is there to grieve about?