# Bhagavad Gita 11.48

**Canonical reference:** `gita.11.48`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानैर्-
न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः।
एवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके
द्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर ॥

## IAST

na vedayajñādhyayanairna dānaira- na ca kriyābhirna tapobhirugraiḥ
evaṃrūpaḥ śakya ahaṃ nṛloke draṣṭuṃ tvadanyena kurupravīra

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

and which has not been seen before by any one else but you O you hero among the Kauravas! I cannot be seen in this form by any one but you, (even) by (the help of) the study of the Vedas or of sacrifices nor by gifts nor by actions nor by fierce penances.

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