Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2
Sanskrit:
काम एष नरेन्द्राणां मोघ: स्याद् विदुषामपि ।येन फेनोपमे पिण्डे येऽतिविश्रम्भिता नृपा: ॥ २ ॥
ITRANS:
kāma eṣa narendrāṇāṁmoghaḥ syād viduṣām apiyena phenopame piṇḍeye ’ti-viśrambhitā nṛpāḥ
Translation:
“Great rulers of men, even those who are learned, meet frustration and failure because of material lust. Driven by lust, these kings place great hope and faith in the dead lump of flesh called the body, even though the material frame is as fleeting as bubbles of foam on water.