Sanskrit

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् ।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ॥

12.5

Translittération

kleśo'dhikatarasteṣāmavyaktāsaktacetasām |

avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṃ dehavadbhiravāpyate ||

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Traduction

Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the unmanifested; for the goal; the unmanifested, is very hard for the embodied to reach.

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Explication

Krishna explains why he favours personal devotion for most people. Those whose minds are attached to the unmanifest face greater difficulty, because the unmanifest goal is hard for embodied beings to reach. Human beings live in bodies and think in forms; it is hard for them to hold the mind on what has no form at all. The verse is a statement about human nature rather than about the ultimate status of either path. It explains Krishna's earlier answer in terms of compassion and practicality.

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08