Verse-2
Chapter 11 — Vishwaroop Darshan Yoga
Verse 2
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānām śrutau vistaraśo mayā
tvattaḥ kamalapatrākşa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam
🕉 English Translation
Avinashi prabhav jo aapka,
Kamalnayan tumse hee maine suna,
Utpatti- pralaya bhi sab jeevo ki,
Vistaar se maine tumse suni.
📜 Translation
English
Because O lotus-eyed! I have heard about the origin and destruction of all the beings in detail from You and have also heard about Your imperishable glory too.
If it has been heard without the ego sense it is bound to have its impact. Any discipline of activity does not fructify if it is done with arrogance in the mind. Arjun heard with a feeling of experiencing the Lord's grace and kept the ego of his eligibility entirely apart. Once the matter was grasped and the perplexity and bewilderment prevailing inside him was overcome, this fact was heard well by him that all beings originate and meet with their destruction due to the Lord. If the vision is limited to the desirability and undesirability of the situations then they will become the centre of attraction and aversion. Whatever has been said by You pertaining to the origin and destruction of beings, that has been heard by me in detail-
In spirituality the role of listening is of prime importance. The Upanishad has described the first step towards self-realization as 'srotavyah' listening, then 'mantavyah' reflection and then ultimately 'nidhidhyasititah' contemplating time and again. In the description of the nine ways of devotion (navdha bhakti) the first stepping stone is that of devoted listening. In the Gita too listening has been acknowledged as a means for crossing the ocean of the world. Te'pi catitarantyeva mrtyum srutiprayanah' (Gita 13/25). They too cross over death by their devotion due to what they have heard. Listening is good and necessary too; but along with listening if the importance and the glory of what is being heard is also understood then it is all the more glorious. Whatever the mind gives importance to it develops a natural inclination towards it. Arjun says that along with the origin and destruction of creation 1 have also heard it in the form of the greatness of Your imperishable majesty and I have developed faith that-