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“Clear seeing is not destroyed; it is simply covered.”
जैसे धुएँसे अग्नि और मैलसे दर्पण ढक जाता है तथा जैसे जेरसे गर्भ ढका रहता है, ऐसे ही उस कामके द्वारा यह ज्ञान विवेक ढका हुआ है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःby smoke · is covered · fire · as · mirror · by dust · and · as · by a membrane/womb-covering · covered · womb/embryo · so · by that · this · is covered
Desire hides clear seeing just as smoke hides fire, dust hides a mirror, and a womb-covering hides an embryo.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "कर्म योग" में।
श्लोक 38 भगवद् गीता के 3वें अध्याय में है — कर्म योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 43 श्लोक हैं।
A brother knows what a fair division of the family house would look like. Greed fogs that knowledge every time he meets the lawyer. The clarity is still there under the dust.
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Smoke over fire, dust on a mirror, a membrane over a womb: desire covers wisdom like these.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Desire hides clear seeing just as smoke hides fire, dust hides a mirror, and a womb-covering hides an embryo.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Arjuna asked why people do wrong even against their will. Krishna has named desire as the enemy, and now he shows how it works: it covers wisdom and leaves it intact underneath, just as smoke, dust, and a womb-covering hide what is already there.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A brother knows what a fair division of the family house would look like. Greed fogs that knowledge every time he meets the lawyer. The clarity is still there under the dust.
“The problem is not lack of intelligence. Something deeper is veiling what you already know.”
संबंधित विषय: kama (23 श्लोक), rajas (21 श्लोक), viveka (15 श्लोक)