रागोद्दामेन मनसा सर्वदा दुष्करा धृतिः

रागोद्दामेन मनसा सर्वदा दुष्करा धृतिः।

सदोषं सलिलं दृष्ट्वा पथिनेव पिपासुना॥

अश्वघोषः सौन्दरनन्दे॥

rāgoddāmena manasā sarvadā duṣkarā dhṛtiḥ|

sadoṣaṁ salilaṁ dṛṣṭvā pathineva pipāsunā||

aśvaghoṣaḥ saundaranande||

It is almost impossible for a person to maintain equanimity of mind when he is under temptations of sensual pleasures. A wayfarer, who is very thirsty would not leave without drinking water in a roadside pond merely because such water is dirty or turbid.