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Verse 3·39

The senses veil the atman in delusion

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आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा ।कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥

Enveloped is knowledge, O Kaunteya, by this eternal enemy of knowledge in the form of desire which is an insatiable fire.

Gītā 3·39

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