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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 11 · Viśvarūpa Darśana Yoga

Shloka 11.53

Lesson 467 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Encountering the universal form and limits of ordinary perception. What does the universal vision reveal about the limits of ordinary perception?

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Shloka · Devanagari

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

Shloka · Roman transliteration

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

Sandhi-vicheda

na+aham+vedaiḥ+na+tapasā+na+dānena+na+cha+ijyayā+śhakyaḥ+evam-vidhaḥ+draṣhṭum+dṛiṣhṭavān+asi+mām+yathā

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Meaning of each word

nasource form

never

ahamsource form

vedaiḥsource form

by study of the Vedas

nasource form

never

tapasāsource form

by serious penances

nasource form

never

dānenasource form

by charity

nasource form

never

chasource form

also

ijyayāsource form

by worship

śhakyaḥsource form

it is possible

evam-vidhaḥsource form

like this

draṣhṭumsource form

to see

dṛiṣhṭavānsource form

seeing

asisource form

you are

māmsource form

yathāsource form

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।11.53।। --,न अहं वेदैः ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्ववेदैः चतुर्भिरपि? न तपसा उग्रेण चान्द्रायणादिना? न दानेन गोभूहिरण्यादिना? न च इज्यया यज्ञेन पूजया वा शक्यः एवंविधः यथादर्शितप्रकारः द्रष्टुं दृष्टवान् असि मां यथा त्वम्।।कथं पुनः शक्यः इति उच्यते --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 11.53

Course position467 / 701

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