#414 Bhagavad-gita Chapter 11,Śloka 30 & 31-Kartikeya das

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लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमान: समन्ता-
ल्ल‍ोकान्समग्रान्वदनैज्‍‍र्वलद्भ‍िः ।
तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं
भासस्तवोग्रा: प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ॥ ३० ॥

lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl
lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ
tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraṁ
bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo

O Viṣṇu, I see You devouring all people from all sides with Your flaming mouths. Covering all the universe with Your effulgence, You are manifest with terrible, scorching rays.

आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो
नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद ।
विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं
न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ॥ ३१ ॥

ākhyāhi me ko bhavān ugra-rūpo
namo ’stu te deva-vara prasīda
vijñātum icchāmi bhavantam ādyaṁ
na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim

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.

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[karthikshenoy]

Hare Krishna Prabhuji,
Arjuna is requesting Universal form to tell who You are and he wants to know about Him, since he does not know His mission.

[mrudularavindran]

Hare Krishna
Two questions to the universal form: Who are you and what's your mission, though he knows, but seeing the terrible sight of licking the blood spread while smashing the head between the teath.