Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.38
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.38 · 3 · Verse 38
Sanskrit Original
।।3.38।।कथं विरोधी सः इदमनेनावृतम्। यथा धूमेनाग्निरावृतः प्रकाशरूपोऽप्यन्येषां न सम्यग्दर्शनाय तथा परमात्मा। यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेनावृतोऽन्याभिव्यक्तिहेतुर्न भवति तथाऽन्तःकरणं परमात्मादेर्व्यक्तिहेतुर्न भवति कामेनावृतम्। यथोल्बेनावृत्य बद्धो भवति गर्भः तथा कामेनावृतो जीवः।
How can that be hidden by this? Just as fire, though luminous, is hidden by smoke and cannot be clearly seen by others, so too the Supreme Self. As the seer is concealed by impurity and cannot be the cause of others’ manifestation, likewise the inner organ (antahkarana) is not the efficient cause of manifestation from the Supreme; it is veiled by desire. Just as a fetus is bound and covered by the womb, so the jiva is covered by desire.