Sanskrit: लक्ष्यच्युतं चेद्यदि चित्तमीषद् बहिर्मुखं सन्निपतेत्ततस्ततः । रमादतः प्रच्युतकेलिकन्दुकः सोपानपङ्क्तौ पतितो यथा तथा 
English:  If the mind ever so slightly strays from the Ideal and becomes outgoing, then it goes down and down, just as a play-ball inadvertently dropped on the staircase bounds down from one step to another.