आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा | कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च
āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā . kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca
昆提（Kunti）之子啊，智慧被这智者的永恒敌人——欲望所遮蔽，它形如永不满足的烈火。
O son of Kunti, Knowledge is covered by this constant enemy of the wise in the form of desire, which is an insatiable fire.
《摩奴法典》有言：欲望永不会因享乐而满足或平息。反而像火焰被酥油和木柴滋养般越烧越旺，它越是吞噬享乐对象，就越是增长。即使世间所有的食物、珍贵金属、动物和美女都归一人所有，只要他心存欲望，仍无法得到满足。无知者在渴望对象时视欲望为友，欢迎欲望以满足感官。但智者即使在未承受后果之前，也从经验中得知欲望只会给他带来烦恼和痛苦。因此，它是智者的永恒敌人，而非无知者的敌人。
Manu says? Desire can never be satiated or cooled down by the enjoyment ofobjects. But as fire blazes forth the more when fed with Ghee (melted butter) and wood? so it grows the more it feeds on the objects of enjoyment. If all the foodstuffs of the earth? all the precious metals? all the animals and all the beautiful women were to pass into the possession of one man endowed with desire? they would still fail to give him satisfaction.The ignorant man considers desire as his friend when he craves for objects. He welcomes desire for the gratification of the senses but the wise man knows from experience even before suffering the conseence that desire will bring only troubles and misery for him. So it is a constant enemy of the wise but not of the ignorant.