नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया | शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ||११-५३||
nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā . śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā ||11-53||
- aham
- I
- vedaiḥ
- by study of the Vedas
- na
- never
- tapasā
- by serious penances
- na
- never
- dānena
- by charity
- na
- never
- ca
- also
- ijyayā
- by worship
- śakyaḥ
- it is possible
- evam-vidhaḥ
- like this
- draṣṭum
- to see
- dṛṣṭavān
- seeing
- asi
- you are
- mām
- Me
- yathā
- as
The form you are seeing with your transcendental eyes cannot be understood simply by studying the Vedas, nor by undergoing serious penances, nor by charity, nor by worship. It is not by these means that one can see Me as I am.