kāmāndha jāla prakṣiptās tṛṣṇayācchāditāḥ prajāḥ |
pramattā bandhane baddhā matsyavat kupinā mukhe |
jarā maraṇaṃ āyānti vatsaḥ kṣīrapaka iva mātaram |3,3|
3. Desires envelop one as it were in darkness; one is torn to pieces by delighting in lust; the heedless are held fast by their bonds, as are fish to their watery homes.
4 (284). Beings who give themselves up to their heedlessness, their lustfulness increases as does a creeper; they run after old age and death as does the calf after its mother when longing for milk.