He saw a river full of boiling water and therefore difficult to cross as also a forest of trees whose leaves were sharp swords and razors.
ददर्शोष्णोदकैः पूर्णा नदीं चापि सुदुर्गमाम्। असिपत्रवनं चैव निशितं क्षुरसंवृतम्॥