Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 2: The Constitution of the Soul (SÄá¹…khya-yoga). Text 28

avyaktÄdÄ«ni bhÅ«tÄni vyakta-madhyÄni bhÄrata avyakta-nidhanÄny eva tatra kÄ paridevanÄ [28]

(he) bhÄrata–O Arjuna; bhÅ«tÄni–of the living beings; avyaktÄdÄ«ni–the situation before birth is unknown; vyakta-madhyÄni–the period between birth and death is known; avyakta-nidhanÄny eva–and the situation after death is again unknown; kÄ paridevanÄ–so what cause is there for grief; tatra–in that matter?


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O BhÄrat, when all living beings are unmanifest before birth, manifest between birth and death, and again unmanifest at death, why lament for them?

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