Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 31

आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद । विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्

ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo namo'stu te devavara prasīda | vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim

Translation

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.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

ākhyāhi

declare

me

to me

kaḥ

who

bhavān

Thou

ugrarūpaḥ

terrible, form, whose, he

namaḥ

salutation

astu

be

te

(to) thee

devavara

of Gods, O best

prasīda

be pleased

vijñātum

to know

icchāmi

(I) wish

bhavantam

Thee

ādyam

first

na

not

hi

indeed

prajānāmi

(I) know

tava

Thy

pravṛttim

desire