Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 39
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 3 श्लोक 39

आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा।
कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च।।3.39।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
3.39. O son of Kunti !  The knowledge of the wise is concealed by this eternal foe, which looks like a desired one,  and which is the fire insatiable.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
3.39 Avrtam etc.  Looks like a desired one :  For it acts when there is desire.  It is fire,  because it is like fire impossible to satiate.  For, it burns down both the visible and the invisible results  [of rightious actions].


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 3.39Aavritam jnaanam etena jnaanino nityavairinaa;
Kaamaroopena kaunteya dushpoorenaanalena cha.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 3.39āvṛitam—covered; jñānam—knowledge; etena—by this; jñāninaḥ—of the wise; nitya-vairiṇā—by the perpetual enemy; kāma-rūpeṇa—in the form of desires; kaunteya—Arjun the son of Kunti; duṣhpūreṇa—insatiable; analena—like fire; cha—and