Chapter 12 verse 5
“For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifest, the path of realization is full of tribulations. Worship of the unmanifest is exceedingly difficult for embodied beings.”
Path of worshipping Brahman-formless, unmanifest, attributeless aspect of Divine is filled with trial and tribulations and the onus is entirely on the aspirant. It is comparable to a baby monkey who has to cling on to mother monkey for its survival but the mother doesn’t protect the baby. It is the responsibility of the baby to cling on to the mother for dear life when she jumps from one tree or one branch to another. On the other hand, the worship of the personal form is compared to a cat which handles its kitten through its teeth. All the kitten does is surrender completely to the whims of the mother cat and the mother uses same sharp teeth she kills its prey with for transporting her kitten from one place to another without hurting the kitten. Hence Bhagwan says that worshipping the formless also eventually leads to Him alone but it is a more difficult path to tread.
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