Na veda-yajñādhyayanair na dānair na cha kriyābhir na tapobhir ugraiḥ, evaṁ-rūpaḥ śhakya ahaṁ nṛi-loke draṣhṭuṁ tvad anyena kuru-pravīra
O best of the Kurus, not through study of the Vedas, sacrifice, charity, ritual acts, or severe austerities can I be seen in this form in the world of men — except by you.
- •The cosmic vision cannot be gained by ritual or learning alone
- •Devotion opens what scholarship and austerity cannot
- •Arjuna's vision is a unique spiritual privilege