Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 2
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया । त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम्
bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṃ śrutau vistaraśo mayā | tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam
Translation
The origin and the dissolution of beings, verily, have been heard by me in detail from Thee, O Lotus-eyed, as also Thy inexhaustible greatness.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- bhavāpyayau
- the becoming, and, dissolution, and
- hi
- indeed
- bhūtānām
- of beings
- śrutau
- (the two) heard
- vistaraśaḥ
- in detail
- mayā
- by me
- tvattaḥ
- from Thee
- kamalapatrākṣa
- of lotus, leaf, like, eyes, whose, O he
- māhātmyam
- greatness
- api
- also
- ca
- and
- avyayam
- imperishable
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
In detail: not in brevity. Lotus-eyed: having eyes like lotus-leaves.