Gita Wisdom Teachings by Joshua M. Greene (Yogesvara)

Chapter 3. Karma-yoga TEXT 38

dhumenavriyate vahnir yathadarso malena ca

yatholbenavrto garbhas tatha tenedam avrtam

TRANSLATION

As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, similarly, the living entity is covered by different degrees of this lust.

Chapter 3. Karma-yoga TEXT 39

avrtam jnanam etena jnanino nitya-vairina

kama-rupena kaunteya duspurenanalena ca

TRANSLATION

Thus, a man's pure consciousness is covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied and which burns like fire.

Chapter 3. Karma-yoga TEXT 40

indriyani mano buddhir asyadhisthanam ucyate

etair vimohayaty esa jnanam avrtya dehinam

TRANSLATION

The senses, the mind and the intelligence are the sitting places of this lust, which veils the real knowledge of the living entity and bewilders him.

Chapter 3. Karma-yoga TEXT 41

tasmat tvam indriyany adau niyamya bharatarsabha

papmanam prajahi hy enam jnana-vijnana-nasanam

TRANSLATION

Therefore, O Arjuna, best of the Bharatas, in the very beginning curb this great symbol of sin [lust] by regulating the senses, and slay this destroyer of knowledge and self-realization.

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