Indeed, the path of Yoga is like a road along which no food is available, which runs through a desert having all its trees burnt down in a fire, and which is unsafe for being infested with bands of robbers. Very few young men can pass safely through it.
अभक्तमटवीप्रायं दावदग्धमहीरुहम्। पन्थानं तस्कराकीण क्षेमेणाभिपतेद् युवा॥