सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् | कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्
sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṃ yānti māmikām . kalpakṣaye punastāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham
贡蒂之子啊，在劫末，所有众生都回归到我的原质（Prakriti）之中。在劫初，我再次将它们显现出来。
O son Kunti, all the beings go back at the end of a cycle to My Prakrti. I project them forth again at the beginning of a cycle.
原质（Prakriti）：指由悦性（Sattva）、激性（Rajas）和惰性（Tamas）这三种属性构成的低级或下等本性。正如草从大地中生长又在大地中枯萎，正如涟漪和波浪从海洋中升起又在海洋中消失，正如梦境从心智中产生又在做梦者回到清醒状态时在心智中消融，同样地，从原质中产生的众生在溶解或毁灭期（Pralaya）回归到原质之中。毁灭期（Pralaya）是溶解的时期。大创造期（Maha-Utpatti）是创造的时期。（参阅《薄伽梵歌》第八章第18、19节）
Prakriti The inferior one or the lower Nature composed of the three alities? Sattva? Rajas and Tamas.Just as the grass grows from the earth and dries up in the earth? just as the ripples and waves rise from the ocean and disappear in the ocean itself? just as the dreams proceed from the mind and melt away in the mind itself when the dreamer comes back to the waking state? so also the beings which arise from Nature merge into it during dissolution or Pralaya.Pralaya is the period of dissolution. MahaUtpatti is the time of creation. (Cf.VIII.18?19)