Bhagavad Gita 2.29

āścarya-vat paśyati kaścid enam

āścarya-vad vadati tathaiva cānyaḥ

āścarya-vac cainam anyaḥ śṛṇoti

śrutvāpy enaṁ veda na caiva kaścit

 

“Some see the soul as amazing and rare,

Some speak of its wonder beyond compare.

Some hear of its nature, profound and grand,

Some, even after hearing, can’t begin to understand.”

 

My dear Lord, so few indeed are the people who get even the slightest sense of their spiritual side. Most are caught in the pursuit of physical pleasure and material treasure. It is indeed your mercy that has released me from the ranks of the spiritually uninformed and placed me among spiritual seekers.

Whenever I hear about the soul in spiritual discourses, bless me, O Lord, so that it can spark a sense of wonder within me, prodding me to rise from having spiritual information to gaining spiritual realization. When I speak about the soul to others, let the sense of wonder in the eyes of those who hear this profound truth trigger a similar and deeper sense of wonder within me for having been blessed with such precious, life-changing wisdom.

And on those extremely rare occasions when I get to behold great saints who have realized their souls, bless me, O Lord, so that the resulting sense of wonder inspires me to do all that I can to attract your grace, which alone will elevate me from being a seeker to becoming a seer.

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02.29 Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all.