न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानैर्- न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः | एवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके द्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर ||११-४८||
na vedayajñādhyayanairna dānaira- na ca kriyābhirna tapobhirugraiḥ . evaṃrūpaḥ śakya ahaṃ nṛloke draṣṭuṃ tvadanyena kurupravīra ||11-48||
- na
- never
- veda-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
- evam-rūpaḥ
- in this form
- śakyaḥ
- can
- aham
- I
- nṛ-loke
- in this material world
- draṣṭum
- be seen
- tvat
- than you
- anyena
- by another
- kuru-pravīra
- O best among the Kuru warriors
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.