Bhagavad-gita 2.29 according to Sridhara Svami

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Bhagavad-gita 2.29 according to Sridhara Svami:

 

One sees this (self) as a wonder, so also another talks of this as a wonder,

still another hears of this as a wonder, and some other, again, does not

know this even after hearing, etc., about it.

 

(commentary:) Why, then, do even wise men grieve in this world? It is simply

due to their ignorance about the self. Having this in mind, the abstruseness

of the self is being stated: One sees etc. One realizing this [self, with

the help of the precepts of the Scriptures and the teacher], sees it as a

wonder. [As the self, which is all-pervading and of the nature of eternal

knowledge and bliss, is supernatural, one is bewildered at seeing it, being

overcome by its incomprehensibility, like one seeing something impossible

like magic.] So another talks and hears of this [verily] as a wonder. Some

other, again, [being overpowered by wrong notions] fails to know this, even

after hearing etc., [shows that even talking about this and seeing this,

some do not know it fully].

 

(translation by Swami Vireswarananda)