The attachment which one feels for living in villages and towns is considered as the very mouth of Death. The forest, on the other hand, is considered as the fold within which the senses may be penned up. This is the injunction of the Shrutis.
मृत्योर्वा मुखमेतद् वै या ग्रामे वसतो रतिः। देवानामेष वै गोठो यदरण्यमिति श्रुतिः॥