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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
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
ज्ञानम्
एतेन
ज्ञानिनः
नित्यवैरिणा
कामरूपेण
कौन्तेय
दुष्पूरेण
अनलेन

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