Sanskrit · Devanagari
आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन- माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः। आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidenam āścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpyenaṃ veda na caiva kaścit
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882One looks upon it as a wonder another similarly speaks of it as a wonder another too hears of it as a wonder and even after having heard of it, no one does really know it.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.29।। आश्चर्यवत् आश्चर्यम् अदृष्टपूर्वम् अद्भुतम् अकस्माद्दृश्यमानं तेन तुल्यं आश्चर्यवत् आश्चर्यमिव एनम् आत्मानं पश्यति कश्चित्। आश्चर्यवत् एनं वदति तथैव च अन्यः। आश्चर्यवच्च एनमन्यः श्रृणोति। श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा उक्त्वापि एनमात्मानं वेद न चैव कश्चित्। अथवा योऽयमात्मानं पश्यति स आश्चर्यतुल्यः यो वदति यश्च श्रृणोति सः अनेकसहस्रेषु कश्चिदेव भवति। अतो दुर्बोध आत्मा इत्यभिप्रायः।।अथेदानीं प्रकरणार्थमुपसंहरन्ब्रूते
92968e43ce25…Rāmānuja
2.29 Among innumerable beings, someone, who by great austerity has got rid of sins and has increased his merits, realises this self possessing the above mentioned nature, which is wonderful and distinct in kind from all things other than Itself. Such a one speaks of It to another. Thus, someone hears of It. And even after hearing of It, no one knows It exactly that It really exists. The term 'ca' (and) implies that even amongst the seers, the speakers and hearers, one with authentic percepetion, authentic speech and authentic hearing, is a rarity.
14911b6ae594…Swami Sivananda
2.29 आश्चर्यवत् as a wonder? पश्यति sees? कश्चित् sone one? एनम् this (Self)? आश्चर्यवत् as a wonder? वदति speaks of? तथा so? एव also? च and? अन्यः another? आश्चर्यवत् as a wonder? च and? एनम् this? अन्यः another? श्रृणोति hears? श्रुत्वा having heard? अपि even? एनम् this? वेद knows? न not? च and? एव also? कश्चित् any one.Commentary The verse may also be interpreted in this manner. He that sees? hears and speaks of the Self is a wonderful man. Such a man is very rare. He is one among many thousands. Thus the Self is very hard to understand.
f97b6d461aed…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.