इयत्ताच्छिन्नतप्तासु सुखनाम्नीषु दृष्टिषु ।कास्वेतास्वनुरक्तोऽस्मि पतङ्गोऽग्निशिखास्विव
In plain words
As for these so-called pleasures—visions cut short by their own narrow limits, and scorching besides—to what in them am I so drawn, like a moth to the tips of flame?