Chapter 12 · The Yoga of Devotion

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 12.5

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् | अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दु:खं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते

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

Recitation · Text 12.5
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Greater is the difficulty of those whose minds are set on the unmanifest, for that goal is reached painfully by those who have bodies. The reason given is not doctrinal but physical: we are embodied, and the formless offers nothing for a body to hold.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The reason given is physical: the formless offers a body nothing to hold.