O descendant of Kuru, this passage is impassable to mortals; for this reason and as also with the view that none may defeat or curse you, I have obstructed your passage trodden by the celestials. This is one of the paths to heaven. Mortals cannot pass this way. But the lake in search of which you have come lies in that direction.
अयं च मार्गो मर्त्यानामगम्य: कुरुनन्दन। ततोऽहं रुद्धवान् मार्गं तवेमं देवसेवितम्॥ धर्षयेद् वा शपेद् वापि मा कश्चिदिति भारत। दिव्यो देवपथो ह्येष नात्र गच्छन्ति मानुषाः। यदर्थमागतश्चासि अत एव सरश्च तत्॥