{
  "book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is",
  "chapter": 11,
  "verse": 31,
  "reference": "Bg 11.31",
  "devanagari": "आख्याहि मे को भवान् उग्ररूपो नमो ऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद\nविज्ञातुम् इच्छामि भवन्तम् आद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्",
  "transliteration": "ākhyāhi me ko bhavān ugra-rūpo\nnamo 'stu te deva-vara prasīda\nvijñātum icchāmi bhavantam ādyaṁ\nna hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim",
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ākhyāhi",
      "meanings": [
        "please explain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "me",
      "meanings": [
        "unto me"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "kaḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "who"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "bhavān",
      "meanings": [
        "You"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "ugra-rūpaḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "fierce form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "namaḥ astu",
      "meanings": [
        "obeisances"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "te",
      "meanings": [
        "unto You"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "deva-vara",
      "meanings": [
        "the great one amongst the demigods"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "prasīda",
      "meanings": [
        "be gracious"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "vijñātum",
      "meanings": [
        "just to know"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "icchāmi",
      "meanings": [
        "I wish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "bhavantam",
      "meanings": [
        "You"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "ādyam",
      "meanings": [
        "the original"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meanings": [
        "never"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "hi",
      "meanings": [
        "certainly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "prajānāmi",
      "meanings": [
        "do I know"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "tava",
      "meanings": [
        "Your"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "pravṛttim",
      "meanings": [
        "mission."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translation": "<b>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. I do not know what Your mission is, and I desire to hear of it.</b>",
  "purport": []
}