Gita Wisdom Teachings By Joshua M. Greene (yogesvara)

[[:encoded, "Chapter 3. Karma-yoga TEXT 38\n\ndhumenavriyate vahnir yathadarso malena ca \nyatholbenavrto garbhas tatha tenedam avrtam\n\nTRANSLATION\n\nAs 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.\n\nChapter 3. Karma-yoga TEXT 39\n\navrtam jnanam etena jnanino nitya-vairina \nkama-rupena kaunteya duspurenanalena ca\n\nTRANSLATION\n\nThus, 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.\n\nChapter 3. Karma-yoga TEXT 40\n\nindriyani mano buddhir asyadhisthanam ucyate \netair vimohayaty esa jnanam avrtya dehinam\n\nTRANSLATION\n\nThe 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.\n\nChapter 3. Karma-yoga TEXT 41\n\ntasmat tvam indriyany adau niyamya bharatarsabha \npapmanam prajahi hy enam jn