भवाप्ययौ 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 spoken, for the sake of blessing me, my delusion has been dispelled.

• 11.2The origin and destruction of beings have been heard in detail from You, O lotus-eyed Lord, and also Your inexhaustible greatness.

• 11.3Now, O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to behold Thy divine form.
• 11.4If Thou, O Lord, thinkest it possible for me to see it, do Thou, then, O Lord of the Yogis, show me Thy imperishable Self.
• 11.5The Blessed Lord said, "Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of different sorts, divine, and of various colors and shapes."
• 11.6Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Asvins, and the Maruts; behold many wonders never before seen, O Arjuna.
• 11.7Now, behold, O Arjuna, in this My body, the entire universe centered in one, including the moving and the unmoving, and whatever else you desire to see.
• 11.8But you are not able to behold Me with these your own eyes; I give you the divine eye; behold My lordly Yoga.

bhava

appearance

apyayau

disappearance

hi

indeed

bhūtānām

of all living beings

śhrutau

have heard

vistaraśhaḥ

in detail

mayā

by me

tvattaḥ

from you

kamala-patra-akṣha

lotus-eyed one

māhātmyam

greatness

api

also

cha

and

avyayam

eternal