BG 11.2
Bhagavad Gītā · Viśvarūpa Darśana YogaAnuṣṭubh (śloka)भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया | त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ||११-२||
bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṃ śrutau vistaraśo mayā . tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam ||11-2||
Linguistic facts
Anuṣṭubh (śloka) · 16+16 syllables
scansion (laghu/guru)
19 words analyzed
- भवbhava← भूnominal · vocative singular masculine
- अप्ययाapyayā← अप्यnominal · instrumental singular feminine
- अस्as← अnominal · nominative singular masculine
- हिhi← हिindeclinable
- भूतानाम्bhūtānām← भूnominal · genitive plural masculine
- श्रुतौśrutau← श्रुnominal · nominative dual masculine
- विस्तरशस्vistaraśas← विस्तरशस्indeclinable
- मयाmayā← माnominal · instrumental singular feminine
- तुtu← तुindeclinable
- अत्तर्attar← अद्nominal · vocative singular masculine
- कम्kam← कम्indeclinable
- अलपत्alapat← लप्verb · imperfect third singular active (√lap)
- राrā← ऋnominal · instrumental singular masculine
- अक्षakṣa← अक्षnominal · vocative singular masculine
- माहात्māhāt← मह्nominal · Panchami singular masculine
- म्यम्myam← माnominal · accusative singular masculine
- अपिapi← अपिindeclinable
- चca← चnominal · vocative singular masculine
- आव्ययम्āvyayam← आव्येverb · imperfect first singular active (√āvye)
Facts come from Vidyut (deterministic), never the model. Automated segmentation isn’t hand-verified — gaps are shown, not guessed.
Translations
11.2 The origin and the destruction of beings verily have been heard by me in detail from Thee, O lotus-eyed Lord, and also Thy inexhaustible greatness.
source ↗8 more attributed translations
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.
11.2. The origin and the dissolution of beings have been listened to in detail by me from You, O Lotus-eyed One, and also to [Your] inexhaustible greatness.
11.2 O Lord, whose eyes are like the lotus petal! Thou hast described in detail the origin and the dissolution of being, and Thine own Eternal Majesty.
11.2 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.
11.2 Likewise, beginning from the seventh, and ending with the tenth discourse, the origination and dissolution of all beings other than You, as issuing from You, the Supreme Self, have been heard at length by me. Your unlimited greatness, immutable and eternal, Your principalship (Sesitva) over all sentient and non-sentient things, Your supreme greatness consisting of the host of auspicious attributes like knowledge, strength etc., Your being the supporter of all things and actuator of all activities like thinking, blinking etc., have also been heard. Here the term, 'hi' (verily) expresses the desire to have the vision which is going to be revealed.
11.2 Kamala-partraksa, O You with eyes like lotus leaves; bhava-apyayau, the origin and dissolution- these two; bhutanam, of beings; srutau, have been heard; maya, by me; vistarasah, in detail-not in brief; tvattah, from You. Ca, and; (Your) avyayam, undecaying; mahatmyam, glory, too;-has been heard-(these last words) remain understood.
11.2 The origination and dissolution of all beings, O Krsna, (as issuing from You) have been heard verily by me at length as also Your immutable greatness.
11.2 O you with eyes like lotus leaves, the origin and dissolution of beings have been heard by me in detail from You. ['From You have been heard the origin and dissolution of beings in You.'] And (Your) undecaying glory, too, (has been heard).
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