Verse 11.54

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन ।

ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ॥

11.54

Transliteration

bhaktyā tvananyayā śakya ahamevaṃvidho'rjuna |

jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca parantapa ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

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

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Word by word

by devotion
but
undivided
can be
I
in this way
O Arjuna

known
seen
and
in truth
entered into
and
O scorcher of foes

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna gives the answer: by devotion (bhakti) that turns to nothing else, he can be known, seen in truth and entered. The three verbs mark a progression: to know, to see, and to enter or become one with. Different traditions read the last step differently, as union, as intimate communion, or as entry into the divine presence, but all agree that devotion is named here as the way. The adjective ananya, without another, means undivided, a love with no competing aim. This verse is often taken as the key to the whole chapter.