भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन ।ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ॥
bhaktyā tv ananyayā śakya aham evaṃ-vidho 'rjuna |jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca parantapa ||
- भक्त्या · bhaktyā
- by devotion
- अनन्यया · ananyayā
- with no other (single-hearted)
- शक्यः · śakyaḥ
- possible
- ज्ञातुम् · jñātum
- to be known
- द्रष्टुम् · draṣṭum
- to be seen
- तत्त्वेन · tattvena
- in truth, in essence
- प्रवेष्टुम् · praveṣṭum
- to enter into
- परन्तप · parantapa
- O scorcher of foes
“But by single-hearted devotion I can be known, seen, and entered into in truth, O Arjuna, O scorcher of foes.”
— Original plain-language translation
Three verbs ascend: to know, to see, to enter — knowledge ripening into union. Ananya-bhakti (devotion to no other) becomes the chapter's parting doctrine and the bridge into Chapter 12's comparison of paths.
— Reader's notes (original)