Verse 3.38

धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च। यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्।।3.38।।

— Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśho malena cha yatholbenāvṛito garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛitam

— Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

As fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, and as an embryo is surrounded by the amniotic sac, so is this enveloped by that.

— English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

।।3.38।। जैसे धुएँसे अग्नि और मैलसे दर्पण ढक जाता है तथा जैसे जेरसे गर्भ ढका रहता है, ऐसे ही उस कामके द्वारा यह ज्ञान ( विवेक) ढका हुआ है।

— Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

dhūmena—by smoke; āvriyate—is covered; vahniḥ—fire; yathā—just as; ādarśhaḥ—mirror; malena—by dust; cha—also; yathā—just as; ulbena—by the womb; āvṛitaḥ—is covered; garbhaḥ—embryo; tathā—similarly; tena—by that (desire); idam—this; āvṛitam—is covered

— Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)