Verse 2.29

आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन-

माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः ।

आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः श‍ृणोति

श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ॥

2.29

Transliteration

āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidena-

māścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ |

āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śa‍ṛṇoti

śrutvāpyenaṃ veda na caiva kaścit ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

One sees This (the Self) as a wonder; another speaks of It as a wonder; another hears of It as a wonder; yet having heard, none understands It at all.

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Word by word

as a wonder
sees
someone
this

as a wonder
speaks of
so
also
and
another

as a wonder
and
this
another
hears

having heard
even
this
knows
not
and
indeed
anyone

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna admits the difficulty of what he is teaching. Some see the self as a wonder, some speak of it as a wonder, some hear of it as a wonder, and even after hearing, no one truly knows it. The verse is honest about the limits of words. The self is not an object that can be pointed to, so understanding requires more than listening. For Arjuna, it is a gentle acknowledgement that the teaching may not settle his mind at once, and that wonder is a fitting response.