आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद | विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ||११-३१||
ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo namo.astu te devavara prasīda . vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim ||11-31||
- ākhyāhi
- please explain
- me
- unto me
- kaḥ
- who
- bhavān
- You
- ugra-rūpaḥ
- fierce form
- namaḥ astu
- obeisances
- te
- unto You
- deva-vara
- O great one amongst the demigods
- prasīda
- be gracious
- vijñātum
- to know
- icchāmi
- I wish
- bhavantam
- You
- ādyam
- the original
- na
- not
- hi
- certainly
- prajānāmi
- do I know
- tava
- Your
- pravṛttim
- mission
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. You are the primal Lord. I want to know about You, for I do not know what Your mission is.