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Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension)3.43

3.43
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च । यथोल्वेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा नेनायमावृतः ॥ ३-४३ ॥
dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathā''darśo malena ca | yatholvenāvṛto garbhastathā nenāyamāvṛtaḥ || 3-43 ||
— as fire is veiled by smoke ; — as a mirror by dust ; — as the embryo enwrapped by the membrane ; — so is this veiled by that

As fire is veiled by smoke, as a mirror by dust, as the embryo is enwrapped by its membrane, so is this knowledge veiled by that.