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BG 12.5 — 12.5 Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the unmanifested; for the goal; the unmanifested, is very hard for the embodied to reach. | Live Gita
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क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् |
अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ||१२-५||

kleśo.adhikatarasteṣāmavyaktāsaktacetasām || avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṃ dehavadbhiravāpyate ||12-5||


।।12.5।। परन्तु उन अव्यक्त में आसक्त हुए चित्त वाले पुरुषों को क्लेश अधिक होता है, क्योंकि देहधारियों से अव्यक्त की गति कठिनाईपूर्वक प्राप्त की जाती है।।

Word-by-word meanings

12.5 क्लेशः the trouble? अधिकतरः (is) greater? तेषाम् of those? अव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् whose minds are set on the unmanifested? अव्यक्ता the unmanifested? हि for? गतिः goal? दुःखम् pain? देहवद्भिः by the embodied? अवाप्यते is reached.Commentary Worshippers of the Saguna (alified) and the Nirguna (unalified) Brahman reach the same goal. But the latter path is very hard and arduous? because the aspirant has to give up attachment to the body from the very beginning of his spiritual practice.The embodi

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।12.5।।किंतु --, ( उनको ) क्लेश अधिकतर होता है। यद्यपि मेरे ही लिये कर्मादि करनेमें लगे हुए साधकोंको भी बहुत क्लेश होता है? परंतु जिनका चित्त अव्यक्तमें आसक्त है? उन अक्षरचिन्तक परमार्थदर्शियोंको तो देहाभिमानका परित्याग करना पड़ता है? इसलिये उन्हें और भी अधिक क्लेश उठाना पड़ता है। क्योंकि जो अक्षरात्मिका अव्यक्तगति है वह देहाभिमानयुक्त पुरुषोंको बड़े कष्टसे प्राप्त होती है? अतः उनको अधिकतर क्लेश होता है। उन अक्षरोपासकोंका जैसा आचारविचारव्यवहार होता है वह आगे ( अद्वेष्टाइत्यादि श्लोकोंसे बतलायेंगे।

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Swami Gambirananda

12.5 For them who have their minds attached to the Unmanifested the struggle is greater; for, the Goal which is the Unmanifest is attained with difficulty by the embodied ones.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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