Verse 11.2
Speaker: Arjuna
Sanskrit
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया | त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ||२||
Transliteration (IAST)
bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṁ śrutau vistaraśo mayā | tvattaḥ kamala-patrākṣa māhātmyam api cāvyayam ||2||
Word-by-Word Meanings
bhava-origin
apyayau-and dissolution
bhūtānām-of beings
vistaraśaḥ-in detail
kamala-patrākṣa-O lotus-eyed one
māhātmyam-greatness
avyayam-imperishable
Translation
The origin and dissolution of beings have been heard by me in detail from You, O lotus-eyed one, and also Your imperishable greatness.
Commentary
Arjuna summarizes what he has learned: the creation and destruction of all beings proceed from Krishna, whose glory is inexhaustible. Ramanuja interprets 'avyayam māhātmyam' as the eternal, unchanging divine sovereignty that persists through all cosmic cycles.
Themes
jnanabhakti