Ah! deep is this forest abounding in crickets; and filled with terrible ferocious beasts, and various birds possessed of shocking voices and creaming frightfully; and graced by lion, and tigers, and boars, and elephants; and crowded with Dhavas* (Grislea Tomentosa). and Asvas and Karnas (Cassia fistula) and Kakubhas and Vilvas (Aegle marmalos) and Tindukas; (Diospyros glutinosa) and Patalas (Bignonia suave-olens) and Badaris (Fujube). Whence is this dreadful forest?
अहो वनमिदं दुर्ग झिल्लिकागणसंयुतम्॥ भैरवैः श्वापदैः कीर्णं शकुन्तैर्दारुणारवैः। नानाप्रकारैः शकुनैर्वाश्यद्भिभैरवस्वनैः॥ सिंहव्याघ्रवराहैश्च वारणैश्चापि शोभितम्। धवाश्वकर्णककुभैर्बिल्वतिन्दुकपाटलैः॥ संकीर्णं बदरीभिश्च किं न्विदं दारुणं वनम्।