Ramayana

siva.sh/ramayana/kishkindha-kanda/33/57

महर्षयो धर्मतपोऽभिकामाः कामानुकामाः प्रतिबद्धमोहाः | अयं प्रकृत्या चपलः कपिस्तु कथं न सज्जेत सुखेषु राजा || ४-३३-५७

sanskrit

'Even sages committed to piety and austerity are sometimes deluded by sensual gratification. He is a king and a monkey who is fickle by nature. How can he be not tempted by sensual pleasures?' [4-33-57]

english translation

maharSayo dharmatapo'bhikAmAH kAmAnukAmAH pratibaddhamohAH | ayaM prakRtyA capalaH kapistu kathaM na sajjeta sukheSu rAjA || 4-33-57

hk transliteration

siva.sh/ramayana/kishkindha-kanda/33/57

महर्षयो धर्मतपोऽभिकामाः कामानुकामाः प्रतिबद्धमोहाः | अयं प्रकृत्या चपलः कपिस्तु कथं न सज्जेत सुखेषु राजा || ४-३३-५७

sanskrit

'Even sages committed to piety and austerity are sometimes deluded by sensual gratification. He is a king and a monkey who is fickle by nature. How can he be not tempted by sensual pleasures?' [4-33-57]

english translation

maharSayo dharmatapo'bhikAmAH kAmAnukAmAH pratibaddhamohAH | ayaM prakRtyA capalaH kapistu kathaM na sajjeta sukheSu rAjA || 4-33-57

hk transliteration