Chapter 11, Verse 53
नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया। शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा।।11.53।।
nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā. śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā.11.53.
Word by word
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- vedaiḥ
- by the Vedas
- na
- not
- tapasā
- by austerity
- na
- not
- dānena
- by charity/gift-giving
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- ijyayā
- by sacrifice/worship
- śakyaḥ
- able to be, possible
- evaṃvidhaḥ
- of this form/kind, such as this
- draṣṭum
- to be seen
- dṛṣṭavān asi
- you have seen
- mām
- me
- yathā
- as, in the way that
Commentary
53- Not by Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifice, can I be seen in this Form as thou hast seen Me.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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