BG - 3.38

धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च। यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्।।3.38।।

dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśho malena cha yatholbenāvṛito garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛitam

• dhūmena - by smoke
• āvriyate - is covered
• vahniḥ - fire
• yathā - just as
• ādarśhaḥ - mirror
• malena - by dust
• cha - also
• yathā - just as
• ulbena - by the womb
• āvṛitaḥ - is covered
• garbhaḥ - embryo
• tathā - similarly
• tena - by that (desire)
• idam - this
• āvṛitam - is covered

Translation

As fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, and as an embryo is surrounded by the amniotic sac, so is this enveloped by that.

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