Meaning : The moth, the deer, the elephant, the beetle, and the fish being fascinated, respectively, by the colour of the candle's flame, the sweet song of the hunter, the agreeable sensations of touch, smell and taste, are destroyed. Nork. In this Gata the Acharya lays stress on the harmful nature of sense-gratification. The moth is drawn to destruction by the flame, the deer by the song, and so forth. When the gratification of a single sense has such fatal consequences, what must be the plight of man who seeks enjoyment through all the five senses ?