योषिद्धिरण्याभरणाम्बरादि- द्रव्येषु मायारचितेषु मूढ: । प्रलोभितात्मा ह्युपभोगबुद्ध्या पतङ्गवन्नश्यति नष्टदृष्टि: ॥ ८ ॥
yoṣid-dhiraṇyābharaṇāmbarādi- dravyeṣu māyā-raciteṣu mūḍhaḥ pralobhitātmā hy upabhoga-buddhyā pataṅga-van naśyati naṣṭa-dṛṣṭiḥ
- yoṣit
- of women
- hiraṇya
- golden
- ābharaṇa
- ornaments
- ambara
- clothing
- ādi
- and so on
- dravyeṣu
- upon seeing such things
- māyā
- by the illusory energy of the Lord
- raciteṣu
- manufactured
- mūḍhaḥ
- a fool with no discrimination
- pralobhita
- aroused by lusty desires
- ātmā
- such a person
- hi
- certainly
- upabhoga
- for sense gratification
- buddhyā
- with the desire
- pataṅga-vat
- like the moth
- naśyati
- is destroyed
- naṣṭa
- is ruined
- dṛṣṭiḥ
- whose intelligence
A foolish person with no intelligent discrimination is immediately aroused at the sight of a lusty woman beautifully decorated with golden ornaments, fine clothing and other cosmetic features. Being eager for sense gratification, such a fool loses all intelligence and is destroyed just like the moth who rushes into the blazing fire.