Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 11.53
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 11.53 · 11 · Verse 53
Sanskrit Original
।।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 --,
11.53 Na vedaih, not through the Vedas, not even through the four Vedas-Rk, Yajus, Sama and Atharvan; na tapasa, not by austerity, not by severe austerities like the Candrayana; not danena, by gifts, by gifts of cattle, land, gold, etc.; na ca, nor even; ijyaya, by sacrifices or worship; sakyah aham, can I; drastum, be seen evamvidhah, in this form, in the manner as was shown; yatha, as; drstavan asi, you have seen mam, Me. 'How again, can You be seen? This is being answered: