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“The subtlest path is hardest for a body-bound mind.”
अव्यक्तमें आसक्त चित्तवाले उन साधकोंको अपने साधनमें कष्ट अधिक होता है क्योंकि देहाभिमानियोंके द्वारा अव्यक्तविषयक गति कठिनतासे प्राप्त की जाती है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःdifficulty · greater · for them · of those whose minds are attached to the unmanifest) । अव्यक्ता (unmanifest · indeed · path/goal · painful/difficult · by embodied beings · is reached
Holding the unmanifest as your focus is harder than it looks. For people still identified with the body, that subtle path is difficult to reach.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "भक्ति योग" में।
श्लोक 5 भगवद् गीता के 12वें अध्याय में है — भक्ति योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 20 श्लोक हैं।
You sit in silence trying to “just empty the mind,” and the harder you try, the tighter everything feels. Some practices are subtle enough to become a struggle before they become a refuge.
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It shifts the mind from forcing a lofty practice to choosing the method that fits your current capacity.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Holding the unmanifest as your focus is harder than it looks. For people still identified with the body, that subtle path is difficult to reach.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Krishna is still answering Arjuna on the battlefield, where a warrior frozen by doubt needs a clear map. After describing the unmanifest path, Krishna warns that it is especially hard for people still bound to bodily identity, so Arjuna can see why devotion to a personal focus is easier.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You sit in silence trying to “just empty the mind,” and the harder you try, the tighter everything feels. Some practices are subtle enough to become a struggle before they become a refuge.
“Not every noble aim is equally easy. Some paths ask for more patience, steadiness, and inner refinement.”
संबंधित विषय: bhakti (69 श्लोक), indriya nigraha (14 श्लोक), avyakta (10 श्लोक)