For one craving sensual pleasures, if that works out well for that person; Surely they are delighted, having obtained what they wanted.

However, for the person bound by craving, whose desire has sprung up; If those sensual pleasures deteriorate, that one is aggravated as if pierced by a dart.

Whoever completely avoids sensual pleasures, just as one avoids stepping on a snake's head with their feet; Finds tranquility in this entangling world, wih mindfulness, they surpass it.

Fields, properties, and gold, Cattle, servants, and employees; Women, relatives, and different sensual pleasures, When a person yearns for these -

Weaknesses overpower that one, And obstacles crush them, From this suffering follows them, As water fills into a broken boat.

Therefore, let one always be mindful, and steer clear of sensual pleasures; By abandoning them, one crosses the flood, as having bailed out the boat, one who has gone beyond.