Uttarajjhayana 211.22.p1.32_2

211.22.p1.32_2

rūvāṇurattassa narassa evaṃ | katto suhaṃ hojja kayāi kiṃci /
tatthovabhoge vi kilesadukkhaṃ | nivvattaī jassa kaeṇa dukkhaṃ ||32||

How, then, can a man who is devoted to 'colours,' ever derive any happiness from anything? He suffers pain at the time of their enjoyment to procure which he had suffered misery. (32)
In the same way he who hates 'colours,' incurs a long succession of pains; when his mind is filled with hatred, he accumulates Karman which in the end again produces misery. (33)
But a man who is indifferent to 'colours,' is free from sorrows; though still in the Samsâra, he is not affected by that long succession of pains, just as the leaf of the Lotus (is not moistened) by water. (34)
[The whole set of verses 22-34 is, with few alterations, five times repeated in the original in order to apply to the other organs of sense.
Verses 35-47 treat of sounds; 'sound' is to be substituted for 'colour,' 'ear' for 'eye.'
The last line of verse 37, which corresponds to verse 24, runs thus:
As an impassioned deer allured (by a song) rushes into death, without being satisfied with the sound.
In the same way verses 48-60 apply to smells'; substitute 'smell' and 'organ of smell.'
Verses 61-73 apply to tastes; substitute 'tastes' and 'tongue.'
Verses 74-86 apply to touches; substitute touches' and 'body.'
Verses 87-99 apply to feelings; substitute 'feelings' and 'mind.'
The lines corresponding to the comparison in verse 24, run as follows:
Just as an impassioned snake which is allured by the smell of a drug, when it comes out of its hole. (50)