Gita Bhashya -Sankara 458

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -11

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Ākhyāhi me ko bhāvan-ugrarupo namo(a)stu te deva-vara prasīda
Vijñatum-icchāmi bhavantam-ādyam na hi prajānāmi tava pravrttim

31. Tell me who Thou art, fierce in form. Saluta­ tion to Thee, O Deva Supreme; have mercy. I desire to know Thee, the Primeval Being; for, I know not indeed Thy behaviour.

Tell me who Thou art, fierce in such a form as this. Salutation to Thee, O Deva Supreme, the Foremost among the gods; have mercy, be propitious. I desire to know Thee, the Primeval Being, clearly, for, because, I cannot indeed know Thy behaviour, action.

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