Thursday, September 1, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11/Verse 53

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॥

As you have seen me, in such a way, I am able to see not by the Vedas, not by austerity, not by gift and not by ritual. 


na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

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

vedais (masculine, instrumental, plural) = by the Vedas 

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

tapasā (neuter, instrumental, singular) = by austerity

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

dānena (neuter, instrumental, singular) = by gift 

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and 

ijyayā (feminine, instrumental, singular) = by ritual 

śakye (present tense, 1st person, singular) = I am able 

evamvidhas (masculine, nominative, singular) = in such a way  

draṣṭum (infinitive) (indeclinable) = to see 

dṛṣṭavān (present participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = having seen 

asi (present tense, 2nd person, singular) = you 

mām (pronoun, 1st person, accusative, singular) = me

yathā (adverb) (indeclinable) = as 

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