Bhagavad Gita 2.29
आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः। आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः श्रृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित्।।2.29।।
āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidena māścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ. āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpyenaṃ veda na caiva kaścit.।।2.29।।
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- आश्चर्यवत्
- as if a wonder/marvel
- पश्यति
- sees
- कश्चित्
- someone
- एनम्
- this (the Self)
- आश्चर्यवत्
- as if a wonder
- वदति
- speaks of
- तथा एव
- in the same way
- च
- and
- अन्यः
- another
- आश्चर्यवत्
- as if a wonder
- च
- and
- एनम्
- this (the Self)
- अन्यः
- another
- शृणोति
- hears
- श्रुत्वा
- having heard
- अपि
- even/also
- एनम्
- this (the Self)
- वेद
- knows
- न
- not
- च एव
- and indeed
- कश्चित्
- anyone
Commentary
29. One sees Him as a wonder ; and so also another speaks of him as a wonder ; and as a wonder another hears of Him ; and though hearing, none understands Him at all.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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आश्चर्यवत्
पश्यति
कश्चित्
एनम्
आश्चर्यवत्
वदति
तथा एव
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अन्यः
आश्चर्यवत्
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एनम्
अन्यः
शृणोति
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वेद
न
च एव
कश्चित्
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