BG 11.54

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन ।
ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ॥
bhaktyā tv ananyayā śakya aham evaṁ-vidho ’rjuna
jñātuṁ draṣṭuṁ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṁ ca parantapa

Word-for-word meanings

arjuna — O Arjuna;  param-tapa — O scorcher of enemies;  ananyayā — by exclusive;  bhaktyā — devotion;  tu — however;  śakyaḥ — it is possible;  aham — for Me;  jñātum — to be known;  ca — and;  draṣṭum — to be seen;  ca — and;  praveṣṭum — to be entered into;  tattvena — in truth;  evam-vidhaḥ — in this manner.

Translation

O Arjuna, O scorcher of enemies, by exclusive devotion, however, I can be known, realized, and entered into* in truth in this very form.

Notes

* The verb praveṣṭum, “to enter into,” does not mean merging into Kṛṣṇa, but entering into His abode.

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