Shloka 5

Bhakti Yoga — Bhakti Yoga

Devanagari script

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् । अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ॥ १२.५ ॥

Transliteration

kleśo ’dhikataras teṣām avyakta-āsakta-cetasām | avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ deha-vadbhir avāpyate || 12.5 ||

Translation

Mayor es la dificultad para aquellos cuya mente se apega a lo no manifestado; pues la meta de lo no manifestado es difícil de alcanzar para los seres encarnados.

Gita Press Meaning

Greater is the difficulty for those whose minds are attached to the unmanifest; for the goal of the unmanifest is hard to attain for embodied beings.

Speakers

• Krishna

Primary Concepts

• Avyakta-upāsanā
• Kleśa (strain)
• Embodiment (deha)
• Soteriology (gati)

Key Themes

• Pragmatics of spiritual practice
• Limits of abstraction
• Accessibility of devotion