Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 2 (11.2)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया
त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम्
॥ 11.2 ॥
bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṃ śrutau vistaraśo mayā
tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam
Translation
"O lotus-eyed one, I have heard from you in detail of the origin and dissolution of beings, and of your imperishable greatness too."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. bhavaḥ utpattiḥ apyayaḥ pralayaḥ tau bhavāpyayau; vistaraśaḥ … na saṃkṣepataḥ; kamalasya patraṃ kamalapatraṃ tadvat akṣiṇī yasya; māhātmyam api ca avyayam akṣayam.
Acharya Ramanuja. saptamaprabhṛti daśamaparyantaṃ — from the seventh chapter to the tenth; the scope of the greatness: sarvacetanācetanavastuśeṣitvaṃ — master of all things conscious and non-conscious, sarvādhāratvaṃ, and cintitanimiṣitādisarvapravṛttiṣu tava eva pravartayitṛtvam — you alone are the mover of every activity, even thinking and the blinking of an eye; hi śabdo vakṣyamāṇadidṛkṣādyotanārthaḥ — the word "hi" hints at the wish to see that follows.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.