kama esa narendranam

 moghah syad vidusam api

yena phenopame pinde

 ye ’ti-visrambhita nrpah

 

Translation: 

 

“Great rulers of men, even those who are learned, meet frustration and failure because of material lust. Driven by lust, these kings place great hope and faith in the dead lump of flesh called the body, even though the material frame is as fleeting as bubbles of foam on water.