Not by the study of the Veda and of sacrifice, by the studies of all the four Vedas as they should be, and by the studies of sacrifice; since by the study of the Veda alone the study of sacrifice is accomplished, the separate mention of the study of sacrifice serves to indicate the knowledge of sacrifice; nor by gifts, such as the weighing of a man against gold; nor by rites, the fire-oblation and the like; nor yet by fierce austerities, the lunar fast and the rest: I who have the universal form shown as described, I of such a form cannot be seen in the world of men by any other than you, O hero of the Kurus.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

I, of such a form, abiding as I truly am, cannot be seen, by any person other than you who have devotion to Me, lacking the single-pointed and utmost devotion, by mere Vedas, sacrifices, and the rest.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.