Bhagavad Gita 3.39
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा । कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥
āvṛtaṃ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā | kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca ||
Translation
Knowledge, O son of Kunti, is enveloped by this constant enemy of the wise in the form of desire, which is insatiable like a fire.
Reflection
What have you been telling yourself you would stop wanting once you had?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Three
The enemy is named again. Nitya-vairin, the constant enemy. Duṣpūreṇa analena, insatiable like fire. The fire metaphor returns and is sharper now: this fire cannot be filled. Throw more fuel and the flame grows. The verse names the structure of desire that catches students of the teaching most often: the bargain that says if I just get this one thing, the wanting will end. The wanting does not end. The wanting consumes what arrived and asks for the next. The teacher names this without judgment, as fact about how the fire works.