पौलस्त्यः कथमन्यदारहरणे

पौलस्त्यः कथमन्यदारहरणे दोषं न विज्ञातवान्
रामेणापि कथं न हेमहरिणस्यासम्भवोऽलक्षितः।
अक्षैस्चापि युधिष्ठिरेण सहसा प्राप्तो ह्यनर्थः कथम्
प्रत्यासन्न-विपत्ति-मूढ-मनसां प्रायो मतिः क्षीयते॥४॥
— मित्रसम्प्राप्तिर्नाम द्वितीये तन्त्रे
paulastyaḥ kathamanyadāraharaṇe doṣaṁ na vijñātavān
rāmeṇāpi kathaṁ na hemahariṇasyāsambhavo’lakṣitaḥ|
akṣaiscāpi yudhiṣṭhireṇa sahasā prāpto hyanarthaḥ katham
pratyāsanna-vipatti-mūḍha-manasāṁ prāyo matiḥ kṣīyate||4||
— mitrasamprāptirnāma dvitīye tantre
How come the grandson of Pulastya (Ravana) failed to see that it is wrong to abduct another’s wife!
How come Rama failed to see that a golden deer could never exist!
How come Yudhishthira that gambling would lead to misery?
Attaching to evil dims senses and clouds the intellect!

See also: विनाशकाले-विपरीतबुद्धिः