सुभाषितसुधानिधि - विषय

प्रकीर्णे विषयारण्ये धावन्तं विप्रमाथिनम् ।
ज्ञानांकुशेन कुर्वीत वश्यमिंद्रियदंतिनम् ॥

- सुभाषितसुधानिधि

prakIrNe viShayAraNye dhAvantaM vipramAthinam ।
jnAnAnkushena kurvIta vashyam indriya dantinam ॥

- subhAShitasudhAnidhi

In the forest of sensory pleasures, the mad elephant of sense organs is running wild and destroying everything. One must control that elephant with the hook of knowledge.

- Subhashitasudhanidhi