Speaker: Arjuna
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया ।
त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ॥२॥
bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṁ
śrutau vistaraśo mayā
tvattaḥ kamala-patrākṣa
māhātmyam api cāvyayam
Word for word (synonyms)
- bhava
- appearance
- apyayau
- disappearance
- hi
- certainly
- bhūtānām
- of all living entities
- śrutau
- have heard
- vistaraśaḥ
- detail
- mayā
- by me
- tvattaḥ
- from You
- kamala-patrākṣa
- O lotus-eyed one
- māhātmyam
- glories
- api
- also
- ca
- and
- avyayam
- inexhaustible
Translation
O lotus-eyed one, I have heard from You in detail about the appearance and disappearance of every living entity, as realized through Your inexhaustible glories.
Purport
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 the last verse of the previous chapter, that He sustains the entire universe with just a fragment of Himself. He is the source of everything in this material manifestation, and 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. His personality is not lost, although He is all-pervading. That is the inconceivable opulence of Kṛṣṇa which Arjuna admits that he has thoroughly understood.
What this verse teaches
The study note for this verse is in editorial review.
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