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Bhagavad-gītā 11.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया ।
- त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ॥२॥
- bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṁ
- śrutau vistaraśo mayā
- tvattaḥ kamala-patrākṣa
- māhātmyam api cāvyayam
bhavaappearance — appearance; apyayaudisappearance — disappearance; hicertainly — certainly; bhūtānāmof all living entities — of all living entities; śrutauhave been heard — have been heard; vistaraśaḥin detail — in detail; mayāby me — by me; tvattaḥfrom You — from You; kamalaO lotus-eyed one-patraO lotus-eyed one-akṣaO lotus-eyed one — O lotus-eyed one; māhātmyamglories — glories; apialso — also; caand — and; avyayaminexhaustible — inexhaustible.
O lotus-eyed one, I have heard from You in detail about the appearance and disappearance of every living entity and have realized Your inexhaustible glories.
Arjuna addresses Lord Kṛṣṇa as "lotus-eyed" (Kṛṣṇa's eyes appear just like the petals of a lotus flower) out of his joy, for Kṛṣṇa has assured him, in a previous chapter, ahaṁ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā: "I am the source of the appearance and disappearance of this entire material manifestation." Arjuna has heard of this from the Lord in detail. Arjuna further knows that in spite of His being the source of all appearances and disappearances, He is aloof from them. As the Lord has said in the Ninth Chapter, He is all-pervading, yet He is not personally present everywhere. That is the inconceivable opulence of Kṛṣṇa which Arjuna admits that he has thoroughly understood.