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Chapter 6.25 - Verse 38

Sanskrit Text

धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्

English Translation

As fire is enveloped by smoke, a mirror by dust, the foetus by the womb, so this (true knowledge) is enveloped by Desire.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

धूम + आवृ | वह्नि + यथा + आदर्श | मलेन | च
यथा + उल्ब + आवृ | गर्भ + तथा | तद् + इदम् + आवृ