Vers 11.31

आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो

नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद ।

विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं

न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ॥

11.31

Transliteratie

ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo

namo'stu te devavara prasīda |

vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃ

na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim ||

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Vertaling

Tell me, who Thou art, so fierce of form. Salutations to Thee, O God Supreme: have mercy. I desire to know Thee, the original Being. I know not indeed Thy working.

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Woord voor woord

tell
me
who
you
of fierce form

salutation
be
to you
O best of gods
be gracious

to know
I wish
you
the primal one

not
for
I know
your
purpose

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Uitleg

Arjuna's hymn breaks into a direct question. He bows, asks for grace, and then asks who this fearsome form is. He says he wants to know the primal one, because he cannot understand Krishna's pravṛtti, his purpose or activity. The question is striking: Arjuna has just called Krishna by many exalted names, yet in the face of the devouring form he no longer knows who stands before him. Knowledge from hearing has met an experience that exceeds it. The question opens the way for Krishna's most famous self-declaration in the next verse.