Samayamatrika 4.24

4.24

ratnārthinā jalanidhau madhusūdanena
kleśaḥ kilādrivalanaprabhavo'nubhūtaḥ .
kiṃ saiva pūrvamakhilārthaviluṇṭhanāya
kāntākṛtiḥ kapaṭakāmamayī na sṛṣṭā ..24..

Madhusūdana, seeking jewels in the ocean, / experienced affliction arising from turning a mountain; / why did he not first fashion a woman's form made of deceptive desire, / so as to plunder all treasures? //24