Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 119

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-3 Karma Yogaḥ

āvṛtaṃ jñānam etena jñānino nitya vairiṇā | kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca || 39 || 39. Wisdom is obscured by this constant enemy of the wise, O Arjuna, in the form of desire, which is as insatiable as fire. Commentary The embodied ātman's fundamental attribute is consciousness, but insight is concealed by this perpetual enemy — desire, which causes attachment to sense-objects. Desire is difficult to gratify, its objects are unworthy of attainment and it is insatiable, ie., can never be satisfied.