Mahabharat

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ततः संकल्पवीर्येण कामेन विषयेषुभिः विद्धः पतति लॊभाग्नौ जयॊतिर लॊभात पतंगवत ।। ३-२-६५ ।।

sanskrit

'Ultimately, just as an insect is drawn to a flame by its love for light and falls into the fire, so does a person, driven by desire, fall into the flames of temptation, pierced by the arrows of the desired object and consumed by the resolve that originated from that desire.' ।। 3-2-65 ।।

english translation

tataH saMkalpavIryeNa kAmena viSayeSubhiH viddhaH patati lòbhAgnau jayòtira lòbhAta pataMgavata || 3-2-65 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/2/65

ततः संकल्पवीर्येण कामेन विषयेषुभिः विद्धः पतति लॊभाग्नौ जयॊतिर लॊभात पतंगवत ।। ३-२-६५ ।।

sanskrit

'Ultimately, just as an insect is drawn to a flame by its love for light and falls into the fire, so does a person, driven by desire, fall into the flames of temptation, pierced by the arrows of the desired object and consumed by the resolve that originated from that desire.' ।। 3-2-65 ।।

english translation

tataH saMkalpavIryeNa kAmena viSayeSubhiH viddhaH patati lòbhAgnau jayòtira lòbhAta pataMgavata || 3-2-65 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript