Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
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BG 11.53
नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया। शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ॥
nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā| śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā ||
"Not by Vedas, not by austerity, not by gifts, not by sacrifice — can I be seen as you have seen Me. Not by any of these."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Neither by the Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifice, can I be seen as thou hast seen Me.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Yet not by Vedas, nor from sacrifice, Nor penance, nor gift-giving, nor with prayer Shall any so behold, as thou hast seen!
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Not by study of the Vedas, not by austerity, not by alms, not by sacrifice, can I be seen in this form as you have seen me.
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]Not by the Vedas, not by austerities, not by gifts, and not by sacrifice, can I be seen in this form by a man as thou hast seen Me.