दीपक सुंदर देखि करि, जरि जरि मरत पतंग I बढी लहर जो विषय की, जरत न मोरै अंग II
Man engages in the world of gross objects with his sensory faculties and the pleasures they afford only make him desire for more and more. But the senses are not so easily tamed, controlled or conquered. Like moth to flame describes inescapably allured by something harmful yet very enticing. It's like mind addicted to sensual pleasures comes back to it again and again. What one lusts for can be poison to him yet he still craves it.
"Kabir says, lascivious person is like moth. Just like moth is irresistibly attracted to the bright light of the flame, jumps into it and gets perished, once lasciviousness takes hold of person's mind, he cannot control his senses. It's not that he doesn't know the consequences yet he cannot resist the temptation. He goes for it and becomes the cause of his own annihilation."
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