BG 12.5

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् ।
अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ॥
kleśo ’dhikataras teṣām avyaktāsakta-cetasām
avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ dehavadbhir avāpyate

Word-for-word meanings

kleśaḥ — the misery;  teṣām — of those;  cetasām — whose minds;  āsakta — are attached;  avyakta — to the unmanifest;  adhikataraḥ — is greater;  hi — because;  gatiḥ — the goal;  avyaktā — of the unmanifest;  avāpyate — is attained;  duḥkham — [with] difficulty;  deha-vadbhiḥ — by embodied beings.

Translation

The misery of those whose minds are attached to the unmanifest is greater, because the goal of the unmanifest is attained with difficulty by embodied beings.

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