Bhagawad Geeta

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रस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्‌ ।
अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ॥

kleso ‘dhikataras tesam

avyaktasakta-cetasam
avyakta hi gatir duhkham
dehavadbhir avapyate

SYNONYMS

kleśaḥ—trouble; adhikataraḥ—more troublesome; teṣām—of them; avyakta—unmanifested; āsakta—being attached; cetasām—of those whose minds; avyaktā—unmanifested; hi—certainly; gatiḥ duḥkham—progress is troublesome; dehavadbhiḥ—of the embodiments; avāpyate—achieve.

TRANSLATION

For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progrese in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied.

VERSE 6-7

ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि सन्नयस्य मत्पराः ।
अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते ॥
तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्‌ ।
भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम्‌ ॥

ye tu sarvani karmani

mayi sannyasya mat-parah
ananyenaiva yogena
mam dhyayanta upasate
tesam aham samuddharta
mrtyu-samsara-sagarat
bhavami na cirat partha
mayy avesita-cetasam

SYNONYMS

ye—one who; tu—but; sarvāṇi—everything; karmāṇi—activities; mayi—unto Me; sannyasya—giving up; mat-parāḥ—being attached to Me; ananyena—without division; eva—certainly; yogena—by practice of such bhakti-yoga; mām—unto Me; dhyāyantaḥ—meditating; upāsate—worship; teṣām—of them; aham—I; samuddhartā—deliverer; mṛtyu—that; saṁsāra—material existence; sāgarāt—from the ocean; bhavāmi—become; na cirāt—not a long time; pārtha—O son of Pṛthā; mayi—unto Me; āveśita—fixed; cetasām—of those whose minds are like that.

TRANSLATION

For one who worships Me, giving up all his activities unto Me and being devoted to Me without deviation, engaged in devotional service and always meditating upon Me, who has fixed his mind upon Me, O son of Pṛthā, for him I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death.

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Bhagawad GeetaBy Dr. Shanatanu Nagarkatti