That path is like a dreadful forest which is full of numberless snakes and crawling vermin, with pits everywhere, without water for satisfying one's thirst, and full of thorns, and inaccessible on that account.
यथा कश्चिद् वनं घोरं बहुसर्पसरीसृपम्। श्वभ्रवत् तोयहीनं च दुर्गमं बहुकण्टकम्॥