BG 8.20

परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः ।
यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति ॥
paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ’nyo ’vyakto ’vyaktāt sanātanaḥ
yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati

Word-for-word meanings

tu — but;  paraḥ — beyond;  tasmāt — that;  avyaktāt — unmanifest;  anyaḥ — [there is yet] another;  bhāvaḥ — existent [the Supreme Person];  yaḥ — who;  avyaktaḥ — [is] unmanifest;  sanātanaḥ — [and] without beginning or end;  saḥ — He;  na vinaśyati — does not perish;  naśyatsu — [even] upon the destruction;  sarveṣu bhūteṣu — of all beings.

Translation

But beyond that unmanifest, there is yet another existent [the Supreme Person] who is unmanifest and without beginning or end. He does not perish, even upon the destruction of all beings.

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