Beginning and end of everything

etadyonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhārayaahaṃ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayastathā

Know that all beings come from these two. I am the origin of the whole universe, and its dissolution too.

What it means

Krishna says every being arises from these two natures, matter and life. And he himself is the prabhava, the origin, and the pralaya, the dissolution, of the entire universe. Everything begins in him and returns to him. Nothing is outside that circle.

The story

Arjuna fears the end of lives. Krishna places all endings, and all beginnings, within himself. Nothing that dies falls out of his care. It simply returns home.

In your life

Think of a wave rising from the ocean and falling back into it. It never left the ocean. When you face an ending, remember the ocean it returns to.