Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 53
नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया । शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा
nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā | śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā
Translation
Not by Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifice, can I be seen in this Form as thou hast seen Me.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- vedaiḥ
- by the Vedas
- na
- not
- tapasā
- by austerity
- na
- not
- dānena
- by gift
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- ijyayā
- by offering
- evaṃvidhaḥ
- (of) this-kind
- draṣṭum
- to see
- dṛṣṭavān
- (one who) has seen
- asi
- (thou) art
- mām
- me
- yathā
- as