Speaker: Arjuna
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो
नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद ।
विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं
न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ॥३१॥
ākhyāhi me ko bhavān ugra-rūpo
namo 'stu te deva-vara prasīda
vijñātum icchāmi bhavantam ādyaṁ
na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim
Word for word (synonyms)
- ākhyāhi
- please explain
- me
- unto me
- kaḥ
- who
- bhavān
- You
- ugra-rūpaḥ
- fierce form
- namaḥ astu
- obeisances
- te
- unto You
- deva-vara
- the great one amongst the demigods
- prasīda
- be gracious
- vijñātum
- just to know
- icchāmi
- I wish
- bhavantam
- You
- ādyam
- the original
- na
- never
- hi
- certainly
- prajānāmi
- do I know
- tava
- Your
- pravṛttim
- mission
Translation
O Lord of lords, so fierce of form, please tell me who You are. I offer my obeisances unto You; please be gracious to me. I do not know what Your mission is, and I desire to hear of it.
What this verse teaches
Arjuna asks – (i) Who are You? (ii) What is Your mission?
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.