The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
The materialistic standpoint - 26-28
Avyakta adini bhootani vyakta madhyani bharata I
Avyakta nidhanany eva tatra ka paridevana II sloka 28
अव्यक्त आदिनि भूतानि व्यक्त मध्यानि भारत ।
अव्यक्त निधनानि एव तत्र का परिदेवना ।।
Beings are all, O Bharata, unmanifested in their origin, manifested in their mid-state and unmanifested again in their end. What is the point then for anguish.
Beings claimed as kith and kin are those that have come into being now. Persons contacted in dream had not been in existence before; they would not be after the dream breaks. Though existing in the mid state, actually they are not. According to materialism, the so called relatives have assumed forms in conformity with the law of nature; they will again cease to be; lamenting therefore over the temporarily appearing individuals serves no purpose.
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