Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 132
13. ‘When it had rained a golden shower from heaven, and when he
had conquered the continents and the four oceans, and had even
obtained the half of
with worldly objects.
14. ‘Though he had enjoyed the kingdom of the gods in heaven, when
pride he had made the great śiṣis bear his litter, Nahuṣa fell,
unsatisfied with pleasures.
15. ‘King (Purūravas) the son of Iḍā, having penetrated into the
furthest heaven, and brought the goddess Urvaśī into his power, –
– being
unsatisfied with pleasures, fell into destruction.
16. ‘Who would put his trust in these worldly objects, whether in
heaven or in earth, unsettled as to lot or family, – which passed from
Bali to Indra, and from Indra to Nahuṣa, and then again from Nahuṣa
back to Indra
17. ‘Who would seek these enemies bearing the name of pleasures, by
whom even those sages have been overcome, who were devoted to
other pursuits, whose only clothes were rags, whose food was roots,
fruits, and water, and who wore their twisted locks as long as snakes
18. ‘Those pleasures for whose sake even Ugrāyudha, armed terribly
as he was with his weapon, found death at Bhiṣma’s hands, – is not