Chapter 3, Slok 38
🗣 Speaker: zrIbhagavAnBG 3.38
Original Verse
dhUmenAvriyate vahniryathAdarzo malena ca | yatholbenAvRto garbhastathA tenedamAvRtam ||3-38||
Transliteration
dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathādarśo malena ca . yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam ||3-38||
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Meter:अनुष्टुभ् (पाद 1-2)
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Swami Adidevananda
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Translation
3.38 As a fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, and as an embryo is encased in the membrane, so is this (worldA) enveloped by it (desire).