Shanti Parva 275.10
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 275 · Verse 10
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Sanskrit Original
अभावं यान्ति तेष्वेव तेभ्यश्च प्रभवन्त्यपि। विनष्टोऽप्यनु तान्येव जन्तुर्भवति पञ्चधा॥
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When creatures are destroyed it is into these that they merge; and when they are born, it is again from them that they do so. Indeed, after destruction, a creature resolves itself into those five elements.