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Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 3, Verse 39: Krishna to Arjuna — Karma-Yoga

Bhagavad Gītā 3.39Chapter 3 · Karma-Yoga · Krishna → Arjuna · Kaunteya · anuṣṭubh
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा ।
कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥
āvṛtaṃ← √āvṛ(7 verses)nominative neuter singular participle nounto cover, conceal (ā- + √vṛ) jñānam← jñāna(64 verses)nominative neuter singular nounknowledge, wisdom, cognitionattested in commentariesviśiṣṭādvaitaएतेन कामकारेण विषयव्यामोहजननेन नित्यवैरिणा आवृतं दुष्पूरेण पूर्त्यनर्हविषयेण अनलेन etena← etad(66 verses)instrumental neuter singular nounthis (proximal demonstrative)attested in commentariesadvaitaज्ञानं ज्ञानिनः नित्यवैरिणा ज्ञानी हि जानाति अनेन अहमनर्थे प्रयुक्तः इति पूर्वमेवviśiṣṭādvaitaकामकारेण विषयव्यामोहजननेन नित्यवैरिणा आवृतं दुष्पूरेण पूर्त्यनर्हविषयेण अनलेन jñānino nitya← nitya(17 verses)compound (compound member)eternal, permanent, daily-vairiṇā← vairin(3 verses)instrumental neuter singular nounenemy (from vaira 'enmity' + -in)
kāma← kāma(41 verses)compound (compound member)desire, lust, sensual pleasure-rūpeṇa← rūpa(23 verses)instrumental neuter singular nounform, shape, appearance; the visible aspect kaunteya← kaunteya(25 verses)vocative masculine singular nounson of Kuntī (epithet of Arjuna) duṣpūreṇ← duṣpūra(2 verses)instrumental masculine singular nounhard to fill, insatiable (dus- 'difficult' + √pṝ 'fill')attested in commentariesadvaitaदुःखेन पूरणमस्य इति दुष्पूरः तेन अनलेन न अस्य अलं पर्याप्तिः विद्यते इत्यनलः तेन चviśiṣṭādvaitaपूर्त्यनर्हविषयेण अनलेनdvaita। दुःखेन हि कामः पूर्यते। न हीन्द्रादिपदं सुखेन लभ्यते। यद्यपीन्द्रादिपदं प्राप्तं पुनर्ब्रह्मादिपदमिच्छतीत्यलं बुद्धिर्ānalena ca← ca(391 verses)and; (homonym: also the consonant ca)
spokensingle-voice recital; rendered via IndicF5 conditioned on a Sanskrit reference clip
meaning

Desire veils knowledge like smoke conceals fire, Krishna tells Arjuna; it is your eternal enemy, insatiable and ever-burning.