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Harivaṃśapurāṇa
Cutting off the head, hands and feet is a fearful bodily punishment. The goddess said at that time, "O god! Is this fault not yours?" ||18|| Hearing her words, he became pale like a lotus in winter. He thought, "This is true, she has spoken for my benefit." ||18|| Stealing another's wife is truly the cause of suffering in the future. Knowing him to be a renunciate, she, also a renunciate, said, "O beloved, what is the use of these sensual pleasures? O lord, these pleasures, though they bring happiness now, are like the fruit of a ripened fig, causing pain in the end. These pleasures are not the cause of suffering for oneself or others. They are not considered good by the virtuous, nor are they related to other objects." ||184-186|| Thus being instructed, Madhu slowly gave up the strong intoxication of the intoxicating vine of delusion. ||187|| And he spoke to her, the goddess, with a happy mind and great respect, "Well done! Well done! O virtuous one! You have spoken well here." ||188|| It is not right for virtuous men to do such deeds, which cause pain to others in this world and the next, and which increase sin. ||189|| If even I, who am enlightened, do such a deed that is condemned by the world, what can be said of an ordinary man who is not enlightened? ||190|| Where even in the case of one's own wife, this excessive attachment is the cause of karmic bondage, what to speak of attachment to another woman? ||191|| Even when restrained by the knowledge-yoke, this mind, like a mad elephant, carries the being away on a chariot. What can a wise man do here? ||192|| Those warriors who restrain this unrestrained mind-elephant with sharp whips and bring it on the right path are rare in the world. ||193|| This mind-elephant, intoxicated by the elephant of lust, cannot be freed from its intoxication until it is yoked with the whip of victory over the senses. ||194|| As long as this mind-elephant is not subdued by effort, it is a cause of fear for the rider, not peace. ||195||
1. He became pale like a lotus in winter, hearing her words. ||183||
2. He cannot be freed from his intoxication. ||194||