Then the reverend sage Närada spoke to the Ten-necked Ravana, Who save you can on forsooth go that journey? Verily, o irrepressible one, O destroyer of foes, the way leading to the city of the lord of the dead is difficult of access.
अथाब्रवीद्दशग्रीवं नारदो भगवानृषिः। क्व खल्विदानी मार्गेण त्वयेहान्येन गम्यते॥ अयं खलु सुदुर्गम्यः प्रेतराजपुरं प्रति। मार्गो गच्छति दुर्धर्ष यमस्यामित्रकर्शन ॥