KLESHA MULAH KARMA ASHAYO DRISHTA ADRISHTA JANMA VEDANIYAH ||12||
क्लेशमूलः कर्माशयो दृष्टादृष्टजन्मवेदनीयः ॥१२॥
kleśa-mūlaḥ karma-aśayo dṛṣṭa-adṛṣṭa-janma-vedanīyaḥ ||12||
Obstacles (kleshas) are the breeding ground for tendencies that give rise to actions and the consequences (karma) thereof. Such obstacles are experienced as visible or invisible obstacles. ||12||
kleśa = obstacles on the spiritual path
mūlaḥ = (nom. from mūla) root; cause; basis
karma = actions and consequences
aśayaḥ = (nom. from aśaya) tendencies; holdover
dṛṣṭa = visible; present
adṛṣṭa = concealed; future
janma = life; world; domain
vedanīyaḥ = (nom. vedanīya) to experience; to take notice