Chapter 3 · The Yoga of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 3.39

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)

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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.