Bhagavad Gita · Verse 3.39

Chapter 3: Karma Yoga (कर्मयोगः)

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श्रीभगवानुवाच

(The Supreme Lord said)

आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा । कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥३९॥

āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā | kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca ||39||

Complete Shloka Translation

Kunti's son, knowledge is covered by this persistent enemy of the discerning, which takes the form of desire, an insatiable fire.

Narrative Context: Krishna explicitly names knowledge as what desire covers.

9 words

Sanskrit Term (पद)	IAST Roman	English Meaning
नित्यवैरिणा	nityavairiṇā	by the persistent enemy
दुष्पूरेण	duṣpūreṇa	hard to satisfy
आवृतं	āvṛtaṃ	[term] in context of Kunti's son, knowledge is cove...
ज्ञानमेतेन	jñānametena	[term] in context of Kunti's son, knowledge is cove...
ज्ञानिनो	jñānino	[term] in context of Kunti's son, knowledge is cove...
कामरूपेण	kāmarūpeṇa	[term] in context of Kunti's son, knowledge is cove...
कौन्तेय	kaunteya	[term] in context of Kunti's son, knowledge is cove...
दुष्पूरेणानलेन	duṣpūreṇānalena	[term] in context of Kunti's son, knowledge is cove...
३९	ca	[term] in context of Kunti's son, knowledge is cove...

नित्यवैरिणाnityavairiṇā

by the persistent enemy

दुष्पूरेणduṣpūreṇa

hard to satisfy

आवृतंāvṛtaṃ