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It is said, १ विषयगणः कापुरुषं करोति वशवर्तिनं न सत्पुरुषम् ।
बध्नाति मशकमेव हि लूतातन्तुर्न मातङ्गम् ॥ १ ॥
1. Visayaga ņab kāpurusham karoti vaśavartinam na satpurusham; Badhnāti masakaméva hi lūtātantu r-na mātangam.
1. Sensual enjoyments make a contemptible person submissive, but they do not affect a wise man. A thread of a spider's web binds a mosquito only, but not an elephant.
२ ददाति तावदिमे विषयाः सुखं,
स्फुरति यावदियं हृदि मूढता। . 'मनसि तत्त्वविदां तु विचारके, #foot # e fTue: IIRI
2. Dadāti tavadimé vishayāh sukbam, sphurati yāvadiyam hridi mūdhatā; Manasi tattva vidām tu vicāraké, kva vishayāh kva sukham, kva parigrahah.
. 2. These sensual enjoyments give pleasure, so long as there
exists bewilderment at heart. But, in the competent hearts of wise persons there is no room, for sensual enjoyments, for a desire for pleasure and none for property. We
At that time, a fagit Vidyādhara, an aerial genius, flying in tbe air, on seeing the miserable man hanging in the well, out of compassion for bim, went to him and said “0 worthy man! You take hold of my hand and resting on it, try to come out of the well.” The miserable man said, "You wait for some time and let this drop of honey fall into my mouth." The Vidyadhara told bim repeatedly for a long time, but the miserable man did not leave off the transient pleasure of the taste of a drop of boney and he did not come out of the well.
