Bhagavad Gita · 3.38
॥
Devanāgarī
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च ।
यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśo malena ca |
yatholbenāvṛto garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛtam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
धूमेनdhūmenaby smoke.
आव्रियतेāvriyateis covered.
वह्निःvahniḥfire.
यथाyathāas, just as.
आदर्शःādarśaḥa mirror.
मलेनmalenaby dust, by dirt.
चcaand.
यथाyathāas.
उल्बेनulbenaby the womb.
आवृतःāvṛtaḥcovered.
गर्भःgarbhaḥthe embryo, the fetus.
तथाtathāin the same way.
तेनtenaby it [lust].
इदम्idamthis [the pure consciousness of the soul].
आवृतम्āvṛtamcovered.
Translation
“As fire is covered by smoke, a mirror by dust, and an embryo by the womb, so too is the pure consciousness of the living being covered by this [lust].”
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