The Yoga of Devotion · 12.5

Whose minds: Devotion in Practice

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्। अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते॥ १२.५ ॥
kleśho ’dhikataras teṣhām avyaktāsakta-chetasām avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ dehavadbhir avāpyate
Translation

But they who fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who have a body to realize Me as without one.

Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain

Meaning

This draft lesson introduces Bhagavad Gita 12.5 through stronger key ideas from the verse: whose minds, exceeding difficulty, tribulations. In the context of Devotion in Practice, learners connect Sanskrit vocabulary to the verse's teaching before applying it to daily choices. Review this draft before publication.

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