धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च |
यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम् ||३-३८||
dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathādarśo malena ca . yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam ||3-38||
।।3.38।। जैसे धुयें से अग्नि और धूलि से दर्पण ढक जाता है तथा जैसे भ्रूण गर्भाशय से ढका रहता है, वैसे उस (काम) के द्वारा यह (ज्ञान) आवृत होता है।।
3.38 धूमेन by smoke? आव्रियते is enveloped? वह्निः fire? यथा as? आदर्शः a mirror? मलेन by dust? च and? यथा as? उल्बेन by the amnion? आवृतः enveloped? गर्भः embryo? तथा so? तेन by it? इदम् this? आवृतम् enveloped.Commentary This means the universe. This also means knowledge. That means desire.
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
।।3.38।।यह काम किस प्रकार वैरी है सो दृष्टान्तोंसे समझाते हैं जैसे प्रकाशस्वरूप अग्नि अपने साथ उत्पन्न हुए अन्धकाररूप धूएँसे और दर्पण जैसे मलसे आच्छादित हो जाता है तथा जैसे गर्भ अपने आवरणरूप जेरसे आच्छादित होता है वैसे ही उस कामसे यह ( ज्ञान ) ढका हुआ है।
3.38 As fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror by dirt, and as a foetus remains enclosed in the womb, so in this shrouded by that.
This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.
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