Bhagavad Gita · 11.53
॥
Devanāgarī
नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया ।
शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nāhaṁ vedair na tapasā na dānena na cejyayā |
śakya evaṁ-vidho draṣṭuṁ dṛṣṭavān asi māṁ yathā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
न अहम्na ahamnot I.
वेदैःvedaiḥby the study of the Vedas.
न तपसाna tapasānor by austerity.
न दानेनna dānenanor by charity.
न च इज्ययाna ca ijyayānor by sacrifices.
शक्यःśakyaḥaccessible, possible.
एवंविधःevaṁ-vidhaḥin such a form, such.
द्रष्टुम्draṣṭumto be seen.
दृष्टवान् असिdṛṣṭavān asias you have seen Me.
माम् यथाmām yathāMe.
Translation
“In this form in which you see Me, I cannot be known through the study of the Vedas, nor by severe austerity, nor by charity, nor by sacrifice.”
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