Chapter 2 · Verse 29 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.29
Sanskrit
आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः। आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः श्रृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित्।।2.29।।
Transliteration
āśhcharya-vat paśhyati kaśhchid enan āśhcharya-vad vadati tathaiva chānyaḥ āśhcharya-vach chainam anyaḥ śhṛiṇoti śhrutvāpyenaṁ veda na chaiva kaśhchit
In plain words
You're trying to solve the unsolvable, understand the unknowable, grasp something your mind keeps slipping past—and that exhaustion, that feeling that you're failing because you can't figure it out, is real. Krishna says: some truths aren't meant to be conquered by thinking harder. The soul reveals itself not through force or perfect comprehension, but through the simple, terrified act of opening—of letting yourself not know, and trusting anyway.
हिंदी अर्थ
कोई इस आत्मा को आश्चर्य से देखता है, कोई इसके बारे में आश्चर्य से बात करता है, कोई इसे सुनकर आश्चर्य करता है, पर सुनने के बाद भी कोई इसे समझ नहीं पाता।
Word by Word
The Atman is so luminous, so utterly beyond ordinary comprehension, that it transcends every vessel through which we try to know it. Some glimpse its mystery as seers, others speak of it in wonder, and still others hear the words—yet the soul remains forever veiled from those who approach it without grace.
This verse is Krishna's tender reminder that spiritual truth cannot be grasped by intellect alone; it must be lived, intuited, and received through the gradual opening of the heart.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.29 — BG 2.29
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