Avritam jnanam etena jnanino nitya-vairina, kama-rupena kaunteya dushpurena nalena ca
O son of Kunti, knowledge is covered by this eternal enemy in the form of insatiable desire, which is like fire and is never satisfied.
- •Desire is the eternal enemy of wisdom
- •Insatiable craving obscures the light of knowledge
- •Desire, like fire, grows rather than diminishes when fed