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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12, Verse 5

The Path of Devotion

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्। अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते

kleśho ’dhikataras teṣhām avyaktāsakta-chetasām avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ dehavadbhir avāpyate

What does Bhagavad Gita 12.5 mean?

Greater is the tribulation of those whose minds are attached to the Unmanifest; for the path of the Unmanifest is attained with great difficulty by the embodied.

Word-by-word meaning

kleśhaḥ—tribulations · adhika-taraḥ—full of · teṣhām—of those · avyakta—to the unmanifest · āsakta—attached · chetasām—whose minds · avyaktā—the unmanifest · hi—indeed · gatiḥ—path · duḥkham—exceeding difficulty · deha-vadbhiḥ—for the embodied · avāpyate—is reached

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