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न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानैर् न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः ।
एवं रूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके द्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर ॥ ४८ ॥
 
na veda-yajnadhyayanair na danair
na ca kriyabhir na tapobhir ugraih
evam rupah sakya aham nrloke
drastum tvad anyena kuru-pravira
na-never; veda-Vedic study; yajna-sacrifice; adhyayanaih-studying; na danaih-by charity; na-never; ca-also; kriyabhih-by pious activities; na tapobhih-by serious penances; ugraih-severe; evam-thus; rupah-form; sakyah-can be seen; aham-I; nrloke-in this material world; drastum-to see; tvat-you; anyena-by another; kuru-pravira-O best among the Kuru warriors.