Bhagavad Gita 11.2भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया।त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ॥

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

• 11.1Arjuna said, By this explanation of the highest secret concerning the Self which Thou hast…

• 11.2The origin and destruction of beings have been heard in detail from You, O lotus-eyed…

• 11.3Now, O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to…
• 11.4If Thou, O Lord, thinkest it possible for me to see it, do Thou, then, O Lord of the…
• 11.5The Blessed Lord said, "Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of…
• 11.6Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Asvins, and the Maruts; behold many…
• 11.7Now, behold, O Arjuna, in this My body, the entire universe centered in one, including the…
• 11.8But you are not able to behold Me with these your own eyes; I give you the divine eye;…

hi

indeed

api

also

cha

and

bhava

appearance

mayā

by me

apyayau

disappearance

avyayam

eternal

śhrutau

have heard

tvattaḥ

from you

bhūtānām

of all living beings

māhātmyam

greatness

vistaraśhaḥ

in detail

kamala-patra-akṣha

lotus-eyed one