Verse 51

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In plain words

Just as a moth sees a flame from afar, mistakes it for something delightful, and rushes into it to its ruin, how can one whose inner sight is blinded ever perceive the subtle path to liberation?

Close to the Sanskrit

Just as a moth, having seen a flame from afar, rushes down and perishes with the thought of loveliness, so how can this person with ruined vision behold the subtle path of liberation?