Chapter 3, Verse 38
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च। यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्।।3.38।।
dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathā''darśo malena ca. yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam. 3.38.
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- धूमेन
- by smoke
- आव्रियते
- is covered/enveloped
- वह्निः
- fire
- यथा
- just as
- आदर्शः
- a mirror
- मलेन
- by dust/dirt
- च
- and
- यथा
- just as
- उल्बेन
- by the womb/caul (amniotic membrane)
- आवृतः
- is covered/enveloped
- गर्भः
- the embryo/fetus
- तथा
- in the same way
- तेन
- by that (desire)
- इदम्
- this (knowledge/wisdom)
- आवृतम्
- is covered/enveloped
Commentary
38. As fire is surrounded by smoke, as a mirror by rust, as the foetus is enclosed in the womb, so is this covered by it.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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धूमेन
आव्रियते
वह्निः
यथा
आदर्शः
मलेन
च
यथा
उल्बेन
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तथा
तेन
इदम्
आवृतम्
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