आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा | कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ||३-३९||
āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā . kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca ||3-39||
Chapter 3 · Verse 39
Karma Yoga
कर्मयोग
In plain words
You should view selfish desire as a relentless, insatiable enemy that constantly burns like fire. It can never be satisfied by feeding it. This craving permanently blocks your jnana, which is your deep spiritual knowledge, leading you into misery. While the ignorant welcome desire, you must recognize its danger to keep your mind clear and peaceful.
Translation
3.39 The knowledge of the intelligent self is enveloped by this constant enemy, O Arjuna, which is of the nature of desire, and which is difficult to gratify and is insatiable.
Meaning
Manu says. Desire can never be satiated or cooled down by the enjoyment ofobjects. But as fire blazes forth the more when fed with Ghee (melted butter) and wood so it grows the more it feeds on the objects of enjoyment. If all the foodstuffs of the earth all the precious metals all the animals and all the beautiful women were to pass into the possession of one man endowed with desire they would still fail to give him satisfaction. The ignorant man considers desire as his friend when he craves for objects. He welcomes desire for the gratification of the senses but the wise man knows from experience even before suffering the conseence that desire will bring only troubles and misery for him. So it is a constant enemy of the wise but not of the ignorant.
Word by word
आवृतम् enveloped ज्ञानम् wisdom एतेन by this ज्ञानिनः of the wise नित्यवैरिणा by the constant enemy कामरूपेण whose form is desire कौन्तेय O Kaunteya दुष्पूरेण unappeasable अनलेन by fire च and.