अतिरूपाद् हृता सीताऽतिगर्वाद्रावणो हतः ।
अतिदानाद् बलिर्बद्धः अति सर्वत्र वर्जयेत् ॥

- समयोचितपद्यमालिका

ati rUpAd hRutA sItA ati garvAd rAvaNo hataH ।
ati dAnAd baliH baddhaH ati sarvatra varjayet ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA

Too much beauty is what lead to the kidnapping of Sita. Ravana got killed because of too much pride. Bali’s progress was curtailed because of too much charity. One should refrain from ‘too much’ of anything.

- Samyochitapadyamalika