It's an auspicious day. It is the birthday of Maharashtha Devi. So in the morning we had a

puja and the evening we have the Gita class. Last time we were on verse number 29. It's a strange

verse because the word strange comes many times there.

Now the verse was, Akschariya, what Pashyathii,

Akschariwadhhāhāya, aya wadati,

Akshryna shrynothi, Shritwapyen, Veda, Chayva-Kchit.

So, strange or a wonder, one sees the Atman, the true self as a wonder. Some speak of it as a wonder. Others think of it as a wonder. And others, even after listening and getting clarity, all of that, they still don't get it. They don't get enlightened.

It's still a mystery to them.

So it's strange, a mystery, a wonder.

Why?

Last time we had started this discussion.

So I will quickly summarize what we did last time and then go on ahead.

First of all, the one who sees this, the first student,

qualifications of the student and mentioned,

Kachit, Kachit means the rare one.

So a student is rare, a true student of Vedant. And why is a student rare?

Because of the cut-off, very high SATs scores are required.

And so it's like getting into Ivy League.

The four-fold qualifications. Wevehaka, Vyagya, Shamedamadha, Shadhatsampati,

Mumukshutvamcha.

Seeing clearly the difference between the eternal and the non-eternal,

Viveka. Second one, a dispassion for the non-Eternal

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