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Bhagavad Gita 3.39

Chapter 3: Karma Yoga (The Yoga of Action) · कर्मयोग

आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा ।कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥

āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā |kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca ||

Meaning of Gita 3.39 in English

A wise person's knowledge is covered by this constant enemy, desire, which burns like a fire that can never be filled.

गीता 3.39 का हिंदी अर्थ

ज्ञानी का ज्ञान भी इस नित्य शत्रु, कामना, से ढका रहता है, जो कभी न भरने वाली आग की तरह है।

desiregreednever satisfied

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.