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कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च || 39||
O Kaunteya(Son of Kunti, Arjuna), the discrimination of even the knowledgeable is covered by this eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is like an insatiable fire.
Bhagwan Shri Krishna explains to Arjuna the power of the Kaam or the lust that is apt to overpower the judgement of even the wisest of the individual. The Supreme Bhagwan compares the lust or the desires with that of the eternal enemy that is in constant look-out to harm us the second we let our guard down.
It is under the influence of immense lust or desires that even the most notable of the personalities have committed heinous crimes. Pick out any history book and there will be at least one incident that proves that how notable figures erred while conducting themselves under the influence of the desires. The ‘Kaam’ is the eternal enemy and that sentence from Bhagwan Shri Krishna has many examples in all of the ages to prove it. So, avoid the desires, like we try to avoid the company of the enemy.
Next, Bhagwan Shri Krishna compares lust with the likes of an insatiable fire that burns constantly and is never satisfied. So are the desires, it never gets satisfied. We have been born innumerable times and are unable to escape the clutches of the desires of this world. Desire is a bottomless pit that can never be satisfied. It is with constant awareness and diversion of our thought process from likes and dislikes, we can manage to overcome desires.
When we stop adding fuel to fire, the fire will automatically go out. It all depends on us, our effort to stop adding fuel by diverting our focus out of likes and dislikes. We have to be more aware and stop adding fuel to that unsatiable fire to overcome the desires, the root cause of misery.
