आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च
āvṛitaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣhpūreṇānalena cha
Recitation · Text 3.39
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (10 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Knowledge is described as covered by this perpetual enemy of the wise, taking the form of desire and burning like a fire that can never be filled. The word duṣhpūreṇa — insatiable — is doing the work here: the problem is not that desire is strong but that it has no end point.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:The problem named isn't that desire is strong — it's that it has no end point at which it would be satisfied.