Bhagavatapurana 11.8.30

11.8.30

/0 piṅgalovāca
aho me moha-vitatiṃ paśyatāvijitātmanaḥ /
yā kāntād asataḥ kāmaṃ kāmaye yena bāliśā //

30. & 31. Pingala said:— “Lo: How deluded am I for want of control over my (mind and) heart and how foolish I am to seek after the fulfilment of my desire at the hands of a paramour that exists nowhere; for I abandon the eternal lover who is close by, capable of giving real delight and bestowing wealth on me, and in my ignorance I resort to a worthless creature who cannot grant my desire, but who brings only grief, fear and endless misery and delusion!