धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च | यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम् ||३-३८||
dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathādarśo malena ca . yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam ||3-38||
- dhūmena
- by smoke
- āvriyate
- is covered
- vahniḥ
- fire
- yathā
- just as
- ādarśaḥ
- mirror
- malena
- by dust
- ca
- also
- yathā
- just as
- ulbena
- by the womb
- āvṛtaḥ
- is covered
- garbhaḥ
- embryo
- tathā
- so
- tena
- by that lust
- idam
- this
- āvṛtam
- is covered
As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, the living entity is similarly covered by different degrees of this lust.