BG 8.19
भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते ।
रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे ॥
रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे ॥
bhūta-grāmaḥ sa evāyaṁ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate
rātry-āgame ’vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavaty ahar-āgame
rātry-āgame ’vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavaty ahar-āgame
Word-for-word meanings
pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; ayam saḥ eva — that very; bhūta-grāmaḥ — multitude of beings; bhūtvā bhūtvā — having taken birth again and again; pralīyate — is merged [back into the unmanifest]; āgame — on the approach; rātri — [of Brahmā’s] night; prabhavati — [and] is born again; avaśaḥ — helplessly [i.e., under the influence of past karma]; āgame — on the approach; ahaḥ — [of Brahmā’s] day.
Translation
O Pārtha, that very multitude of beings, having taken birth again and again, is merged back into its unmanifest causal source at the approach of [Brahmā’s] night and is born again under the influence of past karma at the approach of [his] day.