सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् |\nकल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ||९-७||\nप्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः |\nभूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात् ||९-८||
sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṃ yānti māmikām .\nkalpakṣaye punastāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham ||9-7||\nprakṛtiṃ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ .\nbhūtagrāmamimaṃ kṛtsnamavaśaṃ prakṛtervaśāt ||9-8||
At the end of one kalp, all living beings merge into My primordial material energy.  At the beginning of the next creation, O son of Kunti, I manifest them again.  Presiding over My material energy, I generate these myriad forms again and again, in accordance with the force of their natures.