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> BG 9.7-8: At the end of one kalp, **all living beings merge into My primordial material energy**. At the beginning of the next creation, O son of Kunti, I manifest them again. Presiding over My material energy, I generate these myriad forms again and again, in accordance with the force of their natures.
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"*all living beings merge into My primordial material energy*",  
 This would be possible only if Shri Krishna was separate from the world. Because if he was the creation (monism) then there would be no reason for the merge, but the verse says "*all living beings will merge*".  

But according to advaita everything is God (Shri Krishna).

**What is the explanation for this contradiction?**