Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11/Verse 48

न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानै-
र्न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः ।
एवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके
द्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर ॥११- ४८॥

na vedayajñādhyayanairna dānai-
rna ca kriyābhirna tapobhirugraiḥ ।
evaṃrūpaḥ śakya ahaṃ nṛloke
draṣṭuṃ tvadanyena kurupravīra ॥11- 48॥

Not by the study of Vedic sacrifices and sacred knowledge, not by gifts, not by ritual acts, and not by terrible austerities am I able to be seen in such a form in the world of humans by other than you, Kuru Hero.


na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

vedayajñādhyayanair (veda + yajña + adhyayanair) (neuter, instrumental, plural) = by the study of Vedic sacrifices and sacred knowledge

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

dānais (neuter, instrumental, plural) = by gifts

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

kriyābhis (kriyā +abhis) (feminine, instrumental, plural) = by ritual acts 

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

tapobhir (neuter, instrumental, plural) = by austerities 

ugrais (neuter, instrumental, plural) = by terrible 

evam (adverb) (indeclinable) = such

rūpas (masculine, nominative, singular) = form

śakye (future potential, 1st person, singular) = I am able 

aham (pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular) = I

nṛloke (masculine, locative, singular) = in the world of humans 

draṣṭum (infinitive) (indeclinable)  = to see

tvadanyena (masculine, instrumental, singular) = by other than you

kurupravīra (masculine, vocative, singular) = Kuru Hero