BG 12.5
Those who fix their attention on the unmanifest encounter greater challenges, as it is difficult for those with a body to realize me as being without one.
अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते
-
kleśho — tribulations
-
’dhikataras — full of
adhika-taraḥ—full of -
teṣhām — of those
-
avyaktāsakta-chetasām — minds attached to the unmanifest
avyakta—to the unmanifest; āsakta—attached; chetasām—whose minds-
avyaktāsakta
-
chetasām
-
-
avyaktā — the unmanifest
-
hi — indeed
-
gatir — path
-
duḥkhaṁ — exceeding difficulty
-
dehavadbhir — for the embodied
-
avāpyate — is reached
Those who fix their attention on the unmanifest encounter greater challenges, as it is difficult for those with a body to realize me as being without one. Those who dedicate their actions to me, hold me as their supreme goal, contemplate me and meditate upon me with devotion - to those whose mind is set on me, I rescue them from their drowning in the ocean of life and death.
Similar verses
-
With great effort, the diligent saint perceives the soul enshrined within the body. However, those whose minds are not purified cannot cognize it, even though they strive to do so.
- Verse 15.11
-
This divine illusion is difficult to overcome. Only those who surrender themselves entirely to me can accomplish it.
- Verse 7.14
-
If you are unable to fix your mind firmly on me, then seek to reach me through constant practice.
- Verse 12.9
-
The ignorant think of me, the formless, as having a personality and form. They do not understand my imperishable and supreme nature.
- Verse 7.24
-
By concentrating the mind in this way, one easily attains the bliss that flows from contact with the eternal Brahman.
- Verse 6.28