[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.29 · spoken by Krishna ]
A wonder seen, spoken, heard — yet truly known by almost no one.
One sees the Self as a wonder; another speaks of it as a wonder; another hears of it as a wonder; yet even after hearing, no one truly knows it.
SANSKRIT
आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन- माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः । आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ॥२-२९॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“A few glimpse it. A few speak of it. A few hear of it. And almost none truly know it.”
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