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Verse 3·38

Desire consumes all wisdom and knowledge

TopicsJñāna Yoga — Path of KnowledgeKāma & Krodha — Desire & AngerTeaching arc · Inner Enemies Identified

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धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर् यथादर्शो मलेन च ।यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस् तथा तेनेदमावृतम् ॥

As a fire is covered over by smoke, as a mirror by dust, as an embryo is wrapped by the amnion, so this (knowledge) is enveloped by it.

Gītā 3·38

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in