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BG 8.18

अव्यक्ताद्वयक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे
रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके

avyaktādvayaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame
rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasaṃjñake

TRANSLATION

All the manifested entities come forth from the unmanifest (Avvakta) at the coming of the day of Brahma; at the coming of his night they are dissolved into the same which is known also as the unmanifest.

PURPORT

Thus, at the dawn of a day of Brahma, the manifest entities existing in the three worlds, possessing body, senses, objects, and places of enjoyment appear from the non-manifest (Avyakta), which is the condition of Brahma’s body in that state, and at the beginning of the night they are dissolved into the condition of the unevolved (Avyakta) which forms the body of Brahma then.