श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home

← The Immortal Self and the Yoga of the Intelligent Will

VerseThe Delight of Krishna

Verse 2·29

Few comprehend the eternal nature of atman

Verse

आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेनम् आश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः ।आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाऽप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ॥

āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidenam āścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥāścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvā’pyenaṃ veda na caiva kaścit

One sees it as a mystery or one speaks of it or hears of it as a mystery, but none knows it. That (the Self, the One, the Divine) we look on and speak and hear of as the wonderful beyond our comprehension, for after all our learning from those who have knowledge, no human mind has ever known this Absolute.

Gītā 2·29

All are that Self, that One, that Divine whom we look on and speak and hear of as the wonderful beyond our comprehension, for after all our seeking and declaring of knowledge and learning from those who have knowledge no human mind has ever known this Absolute. It is this which is here veiled by the world, the master of the body; all life is only its shadow; the coming of the soul into physical manifestation and our passing out of it by death is only one of its minor movements.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 63

From The Delight of Krishna · Bhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo · incarnateword.in