In plain words
At the end of a kalpa, all beings return to My Prakṛti, son of Kunti; at the beginning of a kalpa I send them forth again.
Word for word
All beings, O son of Kuntī, go to My prakṛti at the end of a kalpa; again at the beginning of a kalpa I send them forth.
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्
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▸Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam
एवं वायुः आकाशे इव मयि स्थितानि सर्वभूतानि स्थितिकाले ; तानि —
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं त्रिगुणात्मिकाम् अपरां निकृष्टां यान्ति मामिकां मदीयां कल्पक्षये प्रलयकाले । पुनः भूयः तानि भूतानि उत्पत्तिकाले कल्पादौ विसृजामि उत्पादयामि अहं पूर्ववत् ॥ ७ ॥
In plain words
So it is: as the wind rests in space, all beings rest in Me through the whole stretch of the world's continuance. And those beings —
All beings, son of Kuntī, go into prakṛti — the nature woven of the three guṇas. She is called *aparā*, the lower one, meaning inferior; she is called *māmikā*, meaning simply mine. And they go into her at the end of the kalpa, that is, at the time of dissolution. Then again — *punaḥ*, once more — those same beings, at the time of arising, that is, at the dawn of a new kalpa, I send forth: I bring them into being, I, exactly as before.
Close to the Sanskrit
Thus, like the wind in space, all beings are situated in Me at the time of continuance; those —
All beings, O son of Kuntī, go to prakṛti, which has the three guṇas as its nature, 'aparā' — that is, inferior — 'māmikā' — that is, mine — at the end of the kalpa, that is, at the time of dissolution. And again — 'punaḥ' meaning once more — those beings, at the time of arising, that is, at the beginning of a kalpa, I send forth — that is, I bring into being — I, as before.