# Bg. 8.19 > भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते । > रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे ॥१९॥ ## Text > bhūta-grāmaḥ sa evāyaṁ > bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate > rātry-āgame 'vaśaḥ pārtha > prabhavaty ahar-āgame ## Synonyms *bhūta*-*grāmaḥ*—the aggregate of all living entities; *saḥ*—they; *eva*—certainly; *ayam*—this; *bhūtvā* *bhūtvā*—taking birth; *pralīyate*—annihilate; *rātri*—night; *āgame*—on arrival; *avaśaḥ*—automatically; *pārtha*—O son of Pṛthā; *prabhavanti*—manifest; *ahaḥ*—during daytime; *āgame*—on arrival. ## Translation **Again and again the day comes, and this host of beings is active; and again the night falls, O Pārtha, and they are helplessly dissolved.**