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Bhagavad Gita 12.5

Chapter 12: Bhakti Yoga (The Yoga of Devotion) · भक्तियोग

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् ।अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ॥

kleśo'dhikatarasteṣāmavyaktāsaktacetasām |avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṃ dehavadbhiravāpyate ||

Meaning of Gita 12.5 in English

But the path is harder for those whose minds are set on the unmanifest, because it is difficult for embodied beings to reach a goal that has no form.

गीता 12.5 का हिंदी अर्थ

पर जिनका मन अव्यक्त में लगा है, उनके लिए कठिनाई अधिक है, क्योंकि शरीरधारी मनुष्यों के लिए निराकार लक्ष्य तक पहुँचना कठिन होता है।

difficult spiritual pathformless godhuman limits

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.