Chapter 12 · Bhakti Yoga

Shloka 12.5

Lesson 474 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Qualities and practices of devotion. Which qualities make devotion steady, practical and transformative?

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Shloka · Devanagari

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

kleśho ’dhikataras teṣhām avyaktāsakta-chetasāmavyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ dehavadbhir avāpyate

Sandhi-vicheda

kleśhaḥ+adhika-taraḥ+teṣhām+avyakta+āsakta+chetasām+avyaktā+hi+gatiḥ+duḥkham+deha-vadbhiḥ+avāpyate

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Meaning of each word

kleśhaḥsource form

tribulations

adhika-taraḥsource form

full of

teṣhāmsource form

of those

avyaktasource form

to the unmanifest

āsaktasource form

attached

chetasāmsource form

whose minds

avyaktāsource form

the unmanifest

hisource form

indeed

gatiḥsource form

path

duḥkhamsource form

exceeding difficulty

deha-vadbhiḥsource form

for the embodied

avāpyatesource form

is reached

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।12.5।। --,क्लेशः अधिकतरः? यद्यपि मत्कर्मादिपराणां क्लेशः अधिक एव क्लेशः अधिकतरस्तु अक्षरात्मनां परमात्मदर्शिनां देहाभिमानपरित्यागनिमित्तः। अव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् अव्यक्ते आसक्तं चेतः येषां ते अव्यक्तासक्तचेतसः तेषाम् अव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्। अव्यक्ता हि यस्मात् या गतिः अक्षरात्मिका दुःखं सा देहवद्भिः देहाभिमानवद्भिः अवाप्यते? अतः क्लेशः अधिकतरः।।अक्षरोपासकानां यत् वर्तनम्? तत् उपरिष्टाद्वक्ष्यामः --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 12.5

Course position474 / 701

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