Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 30
Chapter 11
Verse 31 of 55
Verse 32
Verse 11.31
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद। विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ॥11.31॥
11.31 ākhyāhi me ko bhavān ugrarūpo; namo ‘stu te devavara prasīda vijñātum icchāmi bhavantam ādyaṃ; na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Tell me who You are, of terrible form! Homage be to You, O best of gods (Devavara), be gracious! I desire to know You, the primal one, for I do not understand Your manifestation.

Stoller MillerLiterary

Tell me— who are you in this terrible form? Homage to you, Best of Gods! Be gracious! I want to know you as you are in your beginning. I do not comprehend the course of your ways.

ZaehnerJesuit

(31) Tell me, who are You, your form so cruel? Homage to You, You best of gods, have mercy! Fain would I know You as You are in the beginning, for what You are set on doing I do not understand.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

11.31 Tell me who You are, fierce in form. Salutation be to you, O supreme God; be gracious. I desire to fully know You who are the Prima One. For I do not understand Your actions!

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

11.31 Tell me who You are with this terrible form? Salutation to You, O Supreme God. Be gracious. I desire to know You, the Primal One. I do not know Your activity.

SivanandaVedanta

11.31 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.

Commentaries

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Verse 30
Chapter 11
Verse 31 of 55
Verse 32