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धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च ।
यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम् ॥ ३-३८॥


dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathādarśo malena ca
yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam 3-38


As fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror by dust, as an embryo by the womb, so this (wisdom) is enveloped by that (desire or anger) .


dhūmena = by smoke; āvriyate = is covered; vahniḥ = fire; yathā = just as; adarśaḥ = mirror; malena = by dust; ca = also; yathā = just as; ulbena = by the womb;

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