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आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन

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आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः श्रृणोति

श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित्।।2.29।।
 

English Commentary By 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.

English Translation of Abhinavgupta's Sanskrit Commentary By Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

2.39 Ascaryavat etc. But, if this Self is, in this manner, changeless (or destructionless), why is This not observed just as such by all ? It is so because, as if by a rare chance, only some one observes [This]. Even after listening, not even one understands This i.e., realises This.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

2.29 'This Self under discussion is inscrutable. Why should I blame you alone regarding a thing that is a source of delusion to all!' How is this Self inscrutable? [It may be argued that the Self is the object of egoism. The answer is: Although the individualized Self is the object of egoism, the absolute Self is not.] This is being answered in, 'Someone visualizes It as a wonder,' etc. Kascit, someone; pasyati, visualizes; enam, It, the Self; ascaryavat, as a wonder, as though It were a wonder a wonder is something not seen before, something strange, something seen all on a sudden; what is comparable to that is ascarya-vat; ca, and; tatha, similarly; eva, indeed; kascit, someone; anyah, else; vadati, talks of It as a wonder. And someone else srnoti, hears of It as a wonder. And someone, indeed, na, does not; veda, realize It; api, even; srutva, after hearing, seeing and speaking about It. Or, (the meaning is) he who sees the Self is like a wonder. He who speaks of It and the who hears of It is indeed rare among many thousands. Therefore, the idea is that the Self is difficult to understand. Now, in the course of concluding the topic under discussion, [viz the needlessness of sorrow and delusion,from the point of view of the nature of things.] He says, 'O descendant of Bharata, this embodied Self', etc.