Chapter 3 · Karma Yoga

Shloka 3.39

Lesson 158 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Duty, contribution and action without possessive attachment. How can daily work become disciplined service rather than a source of bondage?

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Shloka · Devanagari

आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा।कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

āvṛitaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇākāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣhpūreṇānalena cha

Sandhi-vicheda

āvṛitam+jñānam+etena+jñāninaḥ+nitya-vairiṇā+kāma-rūpeṇa+kaunteya+duṣhpūreṇa+analena+cha

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Meaning of each word

āvṛitamsource form

covered

jñānamsource form

knowledge

etenasource form

by this

jñāninaḥsource form

of the wise

nitya-vairiṇāsource form

by the perpetual enemy

kāma-rūpeṇasource form

in the form of desires

kaunteyasource form

Arjun the son of Kunti

duṣhpūreṇasource form

insatiable

analenasource form

like fire

chasource form

and

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।3.39।। आवृतम् एतेन ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनः नित्यवैरिणा ज्ञानी हि जानाति अनेन अहमनर्थे प्रयुक्तः इति पूर्वमेव। दुःखी च भवति नित्यमेव। अतः असौ ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरी न तु मूर्खस्य। स हि कामं तृष्णाकाले मित्रमिव पश्यन् तत्कार्ये दुःखे प्राप्ते जानाति तृष्णया अहं दुःखित्वमापादितः इति न पूर्वमेव। अतः ज्ञानिन एव नित्यवैरी। किंरूपेण कामरूपेण कामः इच्छैव रूपमस्य इति कामरूपः तेन दुष्पूरेण दुःखेन पूरणमस्य इति दुष्पूरः तेन अनलेन न अस्य अलं पर्याप्तिः विद्यते इत्यनलः तेन च।।किमधिष्ठानः पुनः कामः ज्ञानस्य आवरणत्वेन वैरी सर्वस्य लोकस्य इत्यपेक्षायामाह ज्ञाते हि शत्रोरधिष्ठाने सुखेन निबर्हणं कर्तुं शक्यत इति

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 3.39

Course position158 / 701

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