Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26


Sanskrit:

यथाबुधो जलं हित्वा प्रतिच्छन्नं तदुद्भ‍वै: ।अभ्येति मृगतृष्णां वै तद्वत्त्वाहं पराङ्‌मुख: ॥ २६ ॥

ITRANS:

yathābudho jalaṁ hitvāpraticchannaṁ tad-udbhavaiḥabhyeti mṛga-tṛṣṇāṁ vaitadvat tvāhaṁ parāṅ-mukhaḥ

Translation:

Just as a fool overlooks a body of water covered by the vegetation growing in it and chases a mirage, so I have turned away from You.

Purport: