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## The Defects of the Senses and Victory Over Them
**Chapter Four, Light Four, Verses 28-33**
The senses, when not under control, bind a person like the king Chandapradyota. Those who are under the control of their senses become guests of death, like Ravana. This story has been told before.
Here are some internal verses on this topic, whose meaning is presented:
What living being does not experience irony by being attached to the objects of the senses? Even those who are masters of the scriptures, who know the ultimate purpose of the scriptures, act like children.
Bharata Chakra threw his chakra weapon at Bahubali, yet Bahubali was victorious and Bharata was defeated. This was all a play of the senses! They were destined to go to liberation in that very birth, yet they fought with weapons.
Indeed, householders are repeatedly punished by their unruly senses; this is understandable. But that peaceful, former-holder, the seeker, is punished by the senses. This is astonishing. It is a pity.
Devas, Danavas, and humans have been defeated more by the senses. Even though they are great ascetics, they do not shy away from doing evil deeds.
Under the influence of the senses, humans eat inedible things, drink undrinkable things, and use unusable things. A man, helpless under the control of his senses, abandons his family's honor and shamelessly engages in low acts and slavery at a prostitute's place.
Understand that the tendency towards another's wealth and another's wife in a man blinded by delusion is a play of uncontrolled senses.
The hands, feet, senses, and limbs of living beings are cut off, and they are even killed. The cause of all this is the slavery of the senses. Therefore, salutations from afar to such senses!
Those who preach humility to others and themselves lose to their senses are laughed at by wise men, who cover their mouths with their hands.
In this world, from the ant to Indra, all beings, except the liberated soul, are defeated by the senses.
Thus, the defects of the senses have been explained in general. Now, the defects of each sense, such as touch, etc., are explained in five verses.
**Verse 28:** The elephant, extending its trunk to taste the pleasure of touching the female elephant, immediately gets into trouble by being bound to a pillar.
**Verse 29:** The fish, living in the depths of water, comes to eat a piece of meat on the iron hook of a net, and without a doubt, it falls into the hands of the fisherman.
**Verse 30:** The bumblebee, attracted to the scent, sits on the temple of a maddened elephant, but it becomes a victim of death by the clap of its ears.
**Verse 31:** The moth, fascinated by the light of the lamp, which shines like the brilliance of gold, falls upon the lamp and meets its death.
**Verse 32:** The deer, engrossed in listening to the song of the doe, is pierced by the hunter's arrow, which is drawn to the ear. It meets its death.
**Verse 33:** Thus, each of these five senses, touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing, leads to death when indulged in individually. How then can the indulgence of all five senses together not lead to death? It will certainly happen.