The world is covered by Ignorance. Men fail to shine on account of malice. People renounce friends, actuated by covetousness. Men fail to attain to heaven on account of attachment.
हंस उवाच अज्ञानेनावृतो लोको मात्सर्यान्न प्रकाशते। लोभात् त्यजति मित्राणि संगात् स्वर्ग न गच्छति॥