Chapter 11, Verse 31
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद। विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्।।11.31।।
ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo namo'stu te devavara prasīda. vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim.11.31.
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- आख्याहि
- tell (imperative)
- मे
- to me
- कः
- who
- भवान्
- you (honorific)
- उग्ररूपः
- of fierce/terrible form
- नमः
- salutation
- अस्तु
- let there be
- ते
- to you
- देववर
- O best of gods
- प्रसीद
- be gracious/pleased
- विज्ञातुम्
- to know/understand fully
- इच्छामि
- I wish
- भवन्तम्
- you
- आद्यम्
- the primal/original one
- न
- not
- हि
- indeed
- प्रजानामि
- I understand/know
- तव
- your
- प्रवृत्तिम्
- activity/purpose/mission
Commentary
31. Tell me who thou art, so fierce in form. I bow to Thee, O God Supreme ; have mercy. I desire to know Thee, the Original Being. I know not indeed Thy doing.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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