आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा | कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ||३-३९||
āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā . kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca ||3-39||
- āvṛtam
- covered
- jñānam
- pure consciousness
- etena
- by this
- jñāninaḥ
- of the knower
- nitya-vairiṇā
- by the eternal enemy
- kāma-rūpeṇa
- in the form of lust
- kaunteya
- O son of Kuntī
- duṣpūreṇa
- never to be satisfied
- analena
- by the fire
- ca
- also
Thus the wise living entity’s pure consciousness becomes covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied and which burns like fire.