Interpretation

An honest assessment: klesho adhikatara (the difficulty is greater) for those on the impersonal path (avyakta-asakta-chetasam — whose minds are attached to the Unmanifest). Why? Because the embodied being (dehavadbhih) — those who have a body, senses, and emotions — finds it exceedingly difficult (duhkham) to focus on what is completely formless and unmanifest. The mind naturally reaches out toward forms; to withdraw it entirely toward the formless requires extraordinary sustained discipline. The personal path works with human nature; the formless path must overcome it.