11.2
Chapter 11, Verse 2
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया। त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम्৷৷
bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṅ śrutau vistaraśō mayā. tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam৷৷
Translation
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.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
भवाप्ययौ the origin and the dissolution, हि indeed, भूतानाम् of beings, श्रुतौ hav been heard, विस्तरशः in detail, मया by me, त्वत्तः from Thee, कमलपत्राक्ष O lotuseyed, माहात्म्यम् greatness, अपि also, च and, अव्ययम् inexhaustible. Commentary: Kamalapatraksha Lotuseyed or having eyes like lotuspetals. Kamalapatra also means knowledge of the Self. He who can be obtained by knowledge of the Self is Kamalapatraksha.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.