Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 3 · The Way of Action

    Verse 38

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 3, Verse 38

    धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च। यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्।।3.38।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśho malena cha yatholbenāvṛito garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛitam

    Translation

    As a fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, and as an embryo is encased in the amniotic sac, so is this world enveloped by desire.
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