Sanskrit · Devanagari
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा। कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882the fœtus by the womb so is this enveloped by desire. Knowledge, O son of Kuntī! is enveloped by this constant foe of the man of knowledge, in the shape of desire, which is like a fire and insatiable.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.39।। आवृतम् एतेन ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनः नित्यवैरिणा ज्ञानी हि जानाति अनेन अहमनर्थे प्रयुक्तः इति पूर्वमेव। दुःखी च भवति नित्यमेव। अतः असौ ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरी न तु मूर्खस्य। स हि कामं तृष्णाकाले मित्रमिव पश्यन् तत्कार्ये दुःखे प्राप्ते जानाति तृष्णया अहं दुःखित्वमापादितः इति न पूर्वमेव। अतः ज्ञानिन एव नित्यवैरी। किंरूपेण कामरूपेण कामः इच्छैव रूपमस्य इति कामरूपः तेन दुष्पूरेण दुःखेन पूरणमस्य इति दुष्पूरः तेन अनलेन न अस्य अलं पर्याप्तिः विद्यते इत्यनलः तेन च।।किमधिष्ठानः पुनः कामः ज्ञानस्य आवरणत्वेन वैरी सर्वस्य लोकस्य इत्यपेक्षायामाह ज्ञाते हि शत्रोरधिष्ठाने सुखेन निबर्हणं कर्तुं शक्यत इति
197cc544b5f7…Rāmānuja
3.39 The knowledge, having the self for its subject, of this embodied person (the Jiva) whose nature is knowledge, is enveloped by this constant enemy in the shape of desire, which brings about attachment for sense-objects. This desire is difficult to satisfy, i.e., has for its object things unworthy of attainment and is insatiable, i.e., never attains satisfaction. Now listen to what constitutes the instruments with which desire subdues the self. Sri Krsna goes on to expound this:
99a6427e273a…Swami Sivananda
3.39 आवृतम् enveloped? ज्ञानम् wisdom? एतेन by this? ज्ञानिनः of the wise? नित्यवैरिणा by the constant enemy? कामरूपेण whose form is desire? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya? दुष्पूरेण unappeasable? अनलेन by fire? च and.Commentary Manu says? Desire can never be satiated or cooled down by the enjoyment ofobjects. But as fire blazes forth the more when fed with Ghee (melted butter) and wood? so it grows the more it feeds on the objects of enjoyment. If all the foodstuffs of the earth? all the precious metals? all the animals and all the beautiful women were to pass into the possession of one man endowed with desire? they would still fail to give him satisfaction.The ignorant man considers desire as his friend when he craves for objects. He welcomes desire for the gratification of the senses but the wise man knows from experience even before suffering the conseence that desire will bring only troubles and misery for him. So it is a constant enemy of the wise but not of the ignorant.
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