Chapter 3, Verse 39
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा। कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च।।3.39।।
āvṛtaṃ jñānam etena jñānino nityavairiṇā. kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca.।3.39.।
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- आवृतम्
- covered/obscured
- ज्ञानम्
- knowledge
- एतेन
- by this
- ज्ञानिनः
- of the wise/knower
- नित्यवैरिणा
- by the eternal enemy
- कामरूपेण
- which takes the form of desire
- कौन्तेय
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- दुष्पूरेण
- insatiable
- अनलेन
- like fire
- च
- and
Commentary
39. Covered, O son of Kunti, is wisdom by this constant enemy of the wise, in the form of desire, which is greedy and insatiable*
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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आवृतम्
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एतेन
ज्ञानिनः
नित्यवैरिणा
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