Verse 283
Cut down the forest (lust), but not the tree; from the forest springs fear. Having cut down the forest and the underbrush (desire), be passionless, O monks!
Verse 284
For so long as the underbrush of desire, even the most subtle, of a man towards a woman is not cut down, his mind is in bondage, like the sucking calf to its mother.
(Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita)
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp273-289/en/buddharakkhita#283
