BG - 11.53

नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया। शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा।।11.53।।

nāhaṁ vedair na tapasā na dānena na chejyayā śhakya evaṁ-vidho draṣhṭuṁ dṛiṣhṭavān asi māṁ yathā

• na - never
• aham - I
• vedaiḥ - by study of the Vedas
• na - never
• tapasā - by serious penances
• na - never
• dānena - by charity
• na - never
• cha - also
• ijyayā - by worship
• śhakyaḥ - it is possible
• evam-vidhaḥ - like this
• draṣhṭum - to see
• dṛiṣhṭavān - seeing
• asi - you are
• mām - me
• yathā - as

Translation

Neither by the Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by gift, nor by sacrifice can I be seen in this form as thou hast seen Me so easily.

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