Viśvarūpa-Darśana Yoga · Verse 31
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद | विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्
ākhyāhi me ko bhavān ugra-rūpo namo 'stu te deva-vara prasīda | vijñātum icchāmi bhavantam ādyaṃ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim
Tell me, who are You of terrible form? I offer reverences to You, oh best of gods, be merciful. I desire to know You, the primordial, for I do not understand Your activity.
Arjuna asks for identification. Ākhyāhi me — tell me — kaḥ — who — bhavān — are You — ugra-rūpaḥ — of terrible form.
Namaḥ astu te — reverences to You — deva-vara — best of gods. Prasīda — be propitious. Vijñātum icchāmi — I desire to know — bhavantam ādyam — You, the primordial.
Na prajānāmi — I do not know — tava pravṛttim — Your activity/course — the logic of destructive time.