Chapter 11 Verse 48 of 54

| | न वॆद-यज्ञाध्ययनैर् न दानैर् | न च क्रियाभिर् न तपॊभिर् उग्रैः | ऎवम्́-रूपः शक्य अहम्́ ंड़्-लॊकॆ | द्रष्टुम्́ त्वद् अंयॆन कुरु-प्रवीर | |

• na veda-yajñādhyayanair na dānair
• na ca kriyābhir na tapobhir ugraiḥ
• evaḿ-rūpaḥ śakya ahaḿ nṛ-loke
• draṣṭuḿ tvad anyena kuru-pravīra

Translation

O best of the Kuru warriors, no one before you has ever seen this universal form of Mine, for neither by studying the Vedas, nor by performing sacrifices, nor by charity, nor by pious activities, nor by severe penances can I be seen in this form in the material world.

Synonyms

• na

  never

• yajña

  by sacrifice

• adhyayanaiḥ

  or Vedic study

• na

  never

• dānaiḥ

  by charity

• na

  never

• ca

  also

• kriyābhiḥ

  by pious activities

• na

  never

• tapobhiḥ

  by serious penances

• ugraiḥ

  severe

• rūpaḥ

  in this form

• śakyaḥ

  can

• aham

  I

• loke

  in this material world

• draṣṭum

  be seen

• tvat

  than you

• anyena

  by another

• pravīra

  O best among the Kuru warriors.

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