Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 54 (11.54)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन
ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप
॥ 11.54 ॥
bhaktyā tvananyayā śakya ahamevaṃvidho'rjuna
jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca parantapa
Translation
"But, O Arjuna, through undivided devotion I can be known in this way, seen in truth, and also entered into, O scorcher of foes."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. bhagavataḥ anyatra pṛthak na kadācid api yā bhavati sā tv ananyā bhaktiḥ — devotion that is never separate from the Lord is undivided devotion; sarvair api karaṇaiḥ vāsudevād anyat na upalabhyate yayā — by which nothing other than Vasudeva is perceived through any of the senses; jñātuṃ śāstrataḥ … draṣṭuṃ ca sākṣātkartuṃ … praveṣṭuṃ ca mokṣaṃ ca gantum — to know through the scriptures, to see directly, to enter into liberation.
Acharya Ramanuja (11.53–11.54 together): ananyayā tu bhaktyā tattvataḥ śāstraiḥ jñātuṃ tattvataḥ sākṣātkartuṃ tattvataḥ praveṣṭuṃ ca śakyaḥ — all three tattvataḥ (in truth).
Madhusudana Saraswati. The word "tu" = sādhanāntaravyāvṛttyarthaḥ — to set aside other means; undivided devotion = madekaniṣṭhayā niratiśayaprītyā — commitment to me alone, boundless love. And he links the three steps to Vedantic practice: vedāntavākyaśravaṇamanananididhyāsanaparipākeṇa — realisation through the ripening of hearing, reflection and deep meditation.
Shridhar Swami. madekaniṣṭhayā bhaktyā — by devotion committed to me alone; nānyair upāyaiḥ — not by other means.
Shankaracharya — further. The definition of undivided devotion: sarvair api karaṇaiḥ vāsudevād anyat na upalabhyate yayā — by which nothing other than Vasudeva is perceived through any of the senses.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.