इदं व्यसनमालोक्य राज्ञश्च मतिविभ्रमम्। काम एवार्थधर्माभ्यां गरीयानिति मे मतिः॥
idaṃ vyasanamālokya rājñaśca mativibhramam| kāma evārthadharmābhyāṃ garīyāniti me matiḥ||
English Meaning
Viewing this calamity that has overtaken us) and the disorder that has taken place in the senses of the monarch, I deem even lust as more potent than either virtue or interest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)