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Bhagavadgītā 12.5

kleśo'dhikatarasteṣāmavyaktāsaktacetasāmavyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṃ dehavadbhiravāpyate

Transliteration IAST

kleśo'dhikatarasteṣāmavyaktāsaktacetasām | avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṃ dehavadbhiravāpyate

Translations signed

The difficulty of those whose minds are set on the Unmanifested is greater; for the path of the Unmanifested is hard for the embodied to reach.

Annie BesantThe Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song (4th edition), 1922 · public domain

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  1. English The difficulty of those whose minds are set on the Unmanifested is greater; for the path of the Unmanifested is hard for the embodied to reach. Annie Besant

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Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
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भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
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भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0