It is said that the pleasure one gets from the gratification of his senses of touch, tongue, sight, smell, and hearing, O king, lasts only so long as an arrow shot off the bow takes in falling down upon the Earth.
इषुप्रपातमात्रं हि स्पर्शयोगे रतिः स्मृता। रसने दर्शने घ्राणे श्रवणे च विशाम्पते।॥