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Chapter 12.306 - Verse 36

Sanskrit Text

विश्वाविश्वेति यदिदं गन्धर्वेन्द्रानुपृच्छसि विश्वाव्यक्तं परं विद्याद्भूतभव्यभयंकरम्

English Translation

I now dealt with the question which, O Gandharva, you ask, viz.,-what is Universe and what is Not-universe?—The Universe is Unmanifest and original Nature endued with the principles of birth and death which are terrible.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

विश्व + अविश्व + इति | यद् | इदं | गन्धर्व + इन्द्र + अनुप्रछ्
विश्व + अव्यक्त | परं | विद्याद् | भूत + भव्य + भयंकर