paÅ›yÄdityÄn vasÅ«n rudrÄn
aÅ›vinau marutas tathÄ
bahÅ«ny adṛṣṭa-pÅ«rvÄṇi
paÅ›yÄÅ›caryÄṇi bhÄrata

pasya--see; adityan--the twelve sons of Aditi; vasun--the eight Vasus; rudran--the eleven forms of Rudra; asvinau--the two Asvinis; marutah--the forty-nine Maruts (demigods of the wind); tatha--also; bahuni--many; adrsta--that you have not head or seen; purvani--before; pasya--there see; ascaryani--all the wonderful; bharata--O best of the Bharatas.


Text

O best of the Bharatas, see here the different manifestations of Adityas, Rudras, and all the demigods. Behold the many things which no one has ever seen or heard before.

Purport
Even though Arjuna was a personal friend of Krsna and the most advanced of learned men, it was still not possible for him to know everything about Krsna. Here it is stated that humans have neither heard nor known of all these forms and manifestations. Now Krsna reveals these wonderful forms.