But,
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् ।
अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्गिरवाप्यते ॥ ५ ॥
kleśo’dhikatarasteṣāmavyaktāsaktacetasām .
avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṃ dehavadgiravāpyate .. 5 ..
Greater is their trouble whose thoughts are set on the Unmanifest; for, the Goal, the Unmanifest, is very hard for the embodied to reach.
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Great indeed is the trouble of those who are engaged in doing works for My sake, and so on; but greater still is the trouble of those who identify themselves with the Imperishable and contemplate the Supreme Reality,—the trouble arising from the necessity of having to abandon their attachment for the body. The Goal, the Imperishable, is very hard for the embodied to reach,—for those who are attached to their bodies. Therefore* their trouble is greater.
Because of the necessity there is for abandoning attachment to the body.
Salvation by worship of Isvara.
Later on, we shall describe the conduct in life of the worshippers of the Imperishable (Akṣara-Upasakas.)