Bhagavad Gita · 11.54
॥
Devanāgarī
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन ।
ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bhaktyā tv ananyayā śakya aham evaṁ-vidho 'rjuna |
jñātuṁ draṣṭuṁ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṁ ca parantapa ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
भक्त्या तुbhaktyā tubut only by bhakti.
अनन्ययाananyayāundivided, pure.
शक्यः अहम्śakyaḥ ahamMe one can, I am accessible.
एवंविधःevaṁ-vidhaḥin such a form, such.
अर्जुनarjunaO Arjuna!
ज्ञातुम्jñātumto know [in theory].
द्रष्टुम् चdraṣṭum caand to see [with one’s own eyes].
तत्त्वेनtattvenatruly, in [My] true nature.
प्रवेष्टुम् चpraveṣṭum caand to enter [My abode/pastimes].
परन्तपparantapaO Parantapa!
Translation
“O Arjuna, O conqueror of enemies, only by undivided devotional service (bhakti) can one truly know and see Me in this form and, ultimately, enter into My abode.”
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