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Entry क्लेश

क्लेशkleśaPain, anguish, suffering, distress, trouble; किमात्मा क्लेशस्य पदमुपनीतः Ś.1; क्लेशः फलेन हि पुनर्नवतां…
[क्लिश्-भावे घञ्]
1. Pain, anguish, suffering, distress, trouble; किमात्मा क्लेशस्य पदमुपनीतः Ś.1; क्लेशः फलेन हि पुनर्नवतां विधत्ते Ku.5.86; Bg.12.5.
2. Wrath, anger.
3. Care, trouble.
4. Worldly occupation.
5. Sin (in the Buddhist sense); अविद्याऽस्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिशाः क्लेशाः Yoga Sūtra 2.3. अपि च क्लेशान् विहाय मम शत्रुबुद्धिरे नान्यत्र Nāg.3; अनुकम्प्यतामसौ राज्यस्य कृते क्लेशदासीकृतो तपस्वी Tbe same.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अपह Adjective allaying pain, consoling, palliative. (-हः) a son.
- -कर Adjective causing pain or trouble.
- -क्षमा Adjective capable of enduring trouble.
In the Gita12·5

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्‌ ॥

kleśo'dhikatarasteṣāṁ avyaktāsaktacetasām. — The difficulty of those who devote themselves to the search of the unmanifest Brahman is greater; it is a thing to which embodied souls can only… 12·5
- क्लेशkleśanominative singular of the masculine noun kleśa (difficulty).
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