Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11 Verse 31
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 11 श्लोक 31

आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो
नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद।
विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं
न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्।।11.31।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी तेजोमयानंद
।।11.31।। (कृपया) मेरे प्रति कहिये? कि उग्ररूप वाले आप कौन हैं हे देवों में श्रेष्ठ आपको नमस्कार है? आप प्रसन्न होइये। आदि स्वरूप आपको मैं (तत्त्व से) जानना चाहता हूँ? क्योंकि आपकी प्रवृत्ति (अर्थात् प्रयोजन को) को मैं नहीं समझ पा रहा हूँ।।


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary


Now there is greater curiosity. An enquiry for more details is beseeched  to
understand further who Lord Krishna actually is.  In  normal  existence  one
knows another by their attributes and how one represents themselves but  one
does not know them by their actual inherent nature as it is  not  disclosed.
It is not that Arjuna did not know otherwise he  would  have  not  addressed
Lord Krishna in this verse as Vishnu meaning He who is all pervasive and  in
previous verses as Acutya meaning He who is infallible, Keshava  meaning  He
who controls Brahma and Shiva, Vasudeva  meaning  He  from  whom  everything
emanates, etc. The purpose of the  query  is  know  the  special  attributes
inherent within the Supreme Lord Krishnas divine transcendental nature  and
their qualities and activities.