Bhagavad Gita · Verse 11.31

Chapter 11: Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga (विश्वरूपदर्शनयोगः)

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अर्जुन उवाच

(Arjuna said)

आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद । विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ॥३१॥

ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo namo'stu te devavara prasīda | vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim ||31||

Complete Shloka Translation

Tell me who You are in this fierce form. I bow to You, foremost Lord; be gracious. I wish to know You, the primal One, for I do not understand Your purpose.

Narrative Context: Arjuna asks Krishna to explain the fierce form.

Word-by-Word Translation (Padartha / Anvaya)

17 words

Sanskrit Term (पद)	IAST Roman	English Meaning
उग्र	ugra	fierce
प्रवृत्ति	pravṛtti	activity or purpose
आख्याहि	ākhyāhi	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
मे	me	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
को	ko	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
भवानुग्ररूपो	bhavānugrarūpo	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
नमोऽस्तु	namo'stu	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
ते	te	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
देववर	devavara	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
प्रसीद	prasīda	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
विज्ञातुमिच्छामि	vijñātumicchāmi	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
भवन्तमाद्यं	bhavantamādyaṃ	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
हि	na	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
प्रजानामि	hi	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
तव	prajānāmi	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
प्रवृत्तिम्	tava	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...
३१	pravṛttim	[term] in context of Tell me who You are in this fi...

उग्रugra

fierce

प्रवृत्तिpravṛtti

activity or purpose

आख्याहिākhyāhi