Sanskrit · Devanagari
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन। ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
bhaktyā tvananyayā śakya ahamevaṃvidho.arjuna jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca parantapa
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882nor yet by sacrifice. But O Arjuna! by devotion to me exclusively I can in this form be truly known seen
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।11.54।। --,भक्त्या तु किंविशिष्टया इति आह -- अनन्यया अपृथग्भूतया? भगवतः अन्यत्र पृथक् न कदाचिदपि या भवति सा त्वनन्या भक्तिः। सर्वैरपि करणैः वासुदेवादन्यत् न उपलभ्यते यया? सा अनन्या भक्तिः? तया भक्त्या शक्यः अहम् एवंविधः विश्वरूपप्रकारः हे अर्जुन? ज्ञातुं शास्त्रतः। न केवलं ज्ञातुं शास्त्रतः? द्रष्टुं च साक्षात्कर्तुं तत्त्वेन तत्त्वतः? प्रवेष्टुं च मोक्षं च गन्तुं परंतप।।अधुना सर्वस्य गीताशास्त्रस्य सारभूतः अर्थः निःश्रेयसार्थः अनुष्ठेयत्वेन समुच्चित्य उच्यते --,
2735d067711d…Rāmānuja
11.53 - 11.54 Sri Krsna says By Vedas, i.e., by mere study, teaching etc., of these sacred texts, it is not possible to know Me truly. It is also not possible through meditation, sacrifices, gifts and austerities, destitute of devotion towards Me. But by single-minded devotion i.e., by devotion characterised by extreme ardour and intensity, it is possible to know Me in reality through scriptures, to behold Me directly in reality, and enter into Me in reality. So describes a Sruti passage: 'This Self cannot be obtained by instruction, nor by intellect nor by much hearing. Whomsoever He chooses, by him alone is He obtained. To such a one He reveals His own form' (Ka. U., 2.2.23) and (Mun. U., 3.2.3).
d64189de6eda…Swami Sivananda
11.54 भक्त्या by devotion? तु indeed? अनन्यया singleminded? शक्यः (am) possible? अहम् I? एवंविधः of this form? अर्जुन O Arjuna? ज्ञातुम् to know? दृष्टुम् to see? च and? तत्त्वेन in reality? प्रवेष्टुम् to enter into? च and? परंतप O Parantapa (O scorcher of the foes).Commentary Devotion is the sole means to the realisation of the Cosmic Form.AnanyaBhakti Singleminded devotion. Onepointed unbroken devotion the devotion which does not seek any other object but the Lord alone. In this type of devotion no object other than the Lord is experienced by any of the senses. Egoism and dualism totally vanish.Of this form refers to the Cosmic Form.By singleminded devotion it is possible not only to know Me as declared in the scriptures but also to realise Me? i.e.? to attain liberation. The devotee realises that the Lord is all this and He alone is the ultimate Reality. When he gets this experience of illumination he gets merged in Him. (Cf.VIII.22X.10)
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