Chapter 11: Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga, verse 2
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया।
त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ॥
Say itbhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṁ śhrutau vistaraśho mayā
tvattaḥ kamala-patrākṣha māhātmyam api chāvyayam
Translation
The origin and destruction of beings have been heard in detail from You, O lotus-eyed Lord, and also Your inexhaustible greatness.
Swami Sivananda
O you with eyes like lotus leaves, I have heard in detail from You the origin and dissolution of beings, as well as Your undecaying glory.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
O Krsna, I have heard in detail about the origin and dissolution of all beings, which come from You, as well as Your immutable greatness.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
I have listened in detail from You, O Lotus-eyed One, about the origin and dissolution of beings, as well as Your inexhaustible greatness.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
O Lord, whose eyes are like the lotus petal! You have described in detail the origin and dissolution of beings, and Your own Eternal Majesty.
Shri Purohit Swami
हे कमलनयन ! सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंकी उत्पत्ति और प्रलय मैंने विस्तारपूर्वक आपसे ही सुना है और आपका अविनाशी माहात्म्य भी सुना है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
हे कमलनयन ! मैंने भूतों की उत्पत्ति और प्रलय आपसे विस्तारपूर्वक सुने हैं तथा आपका अव्यय माहात्म्य (प्रभाव) भी सुना है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.