3.39 Insatiable as fire Krishna speaks
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा
कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च
āvṛitaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā
kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣhpūreṇānalena cha
Knowledge is covered by this constant enemy of the wise, son of Kunti — desire, insatiable as fire.
Explanation
Insatiable as fire.
duṣpūreṇa — hard to fill. The same word chapter 16 will use for the desire of the other nature.
And it is called the constant enemy of the wise, which is the sting: not of the ignorant. Knowledge does not exempt anyone from this, exactly as 3.33 said.
Word by word
- āvṛitam
- 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
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