| 19. This same
multitude of beings having come into being again and again, is dissolved
at the coming on of night, not of their will, O son of Pritha and comes
forth at the coming on of day.This multitude of beings comprising those
that move as well as those that do notthe same multitude that existed in
the preceding kalpa or age, and no otherinvoluntarily comes into being at
the coming on of day, and is dissolved again at the coming on of nightat
the close of the day, Again at the coming on of day, it involuntarily comes
into existence.The Highest Goalhow reached.In viii. 13, etc has been shown
the way, by which to reach the imperishable (Akshara) described above. Now,
with a view to indicate the nature of the Akshara, with a view thus to specify
that so and so is the thing to be reached by this path of Yoga, the Lord
proceeds as follows: |