Gita Verse 11.54

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11, Verse 54

Sanskrit Verse

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्यमहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।

Transliteration

bhaktyā tv ananyayā śhakya aham evaṁ-vidho ’rjuna

jñātuṁ draṣhṭuṁ cha tattvena praveṣhṭuṁ cha parantapa

Word meanings

bhaktyā—by devotion; tu—alone; ananyayā—unalloyed; śhakyaḥ—possible; aham—I; evam-vidhaḥ—like this; arjuna—Arjun; jñātum—to be known; draṣhṭum—to be seen; cha—and; tattvena—truly; praveṣhṭum—to enter into (union with me); cha—and; parantapa—scorcher of foes

Swami Sivananda's translation

But by single-minded devotion, I can be known, seen, and entered into in reality, O Arjuna.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 11