Shloka 29
कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश
Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction
सम्बन्ध-- आत्मतत्त्व अत्यन्त दुर्बोध होनेके कारण उसे समझानेके लिये भगवान्ने उपर्युक्त शलोकोद्वारा भिन्न-भिन्न प्रकारसे उसके स्वरूपका वर्णन किया: अब अगले शलोकमें उस आत्मतत्त्वके दर्शन
āścaryavat paśyati kaścid enam āścaryavad vadati tathaiva cānyaḥ | āścaryavac cainam anyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpy enaṁ veda na caiva kaścit ||
आश्चर्यवत् पश्यति कश्चिदेनम् आश्चर्यवद् वदति तथैव चान्यः । आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Self (ātman) is exceedingly subtle: true seeing, teaching, and even receptive hearing of it are rare, and mere listening does not guarantee realization.
In the Bhishma Parva discourse on the Self’s nature, Sanjaya reports a teaching that emphasizes how uncommon genuine insight into the ātman is—some see it, some can explain it, some can hear it properly, yet many still fail to understand.