# Bhagavad Gita 11.53

**Canonical reference:** `gita.11.53`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया।
शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ॥

## IAST

nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā
śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

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