Bhagavad Gita 2.29
Chapter 2, verse 29
Meaning
One person looks at the self and is amazed; another describes it with amazement; another hears about it and is amazed. Yet even after hearing all about it, nobody really comes to know it.
The Sanskrit
आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन-
माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः ।
आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति
श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ॥ २९ ॥
āścaryavat paśyati kaś cid enam / āścaryavad vadati tathaiva cānyaḥ
āścaryavac cainam anyaḥ śṛṇoti / śrutvāpy enaṃ veda na caiva kaś cit
Say it
aash-chur-yuh-vut push-yuh-ti kush-chi-day-num
aash-chur-yuh-vud vuh-duh-ti tuh-thai-vuh chaan-yuh-hu
aash-chur-yuh-vuch-chai-num un-yuh shri-no-ti
shroo-tvaap-yay-num vay-duh nuh chai-vuh kush-chit
Word by word
- āścaryavat
- as a wonder, as something astonishing
- paśyati kaś cit enam
- someone sees this (self)
- āścaryavat vadati
- speaks of it as a wonder
- tathā eva ca anyaḥ
- and likewise another
- āścaryavat ca enam anyaḥ śṛṇoti
- and another hears of it as a wonder
- śrutvā api
- even after hearing
- enam veda na ca eva kaś cit
- no one truly knows it
Read it in context: verses 2.29–32A wonder, then a dutyWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: When big questions stall you, look at your role
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.29 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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