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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
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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आख्याहि
मे
कः
भवान्
उग्ररूपः
नमः
अस्तु
ते
देववर
प्रसीद
विज्ञातुम्
इच्छामि
भवन्तम्
आद्यम्
हि
प्रजानामि
तव
प्रवृत्तिम्

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