The Brahmana said Having crossed that impassable fortress (of the world) which has purposes for its gadflies and mosquitoes, grief and joy for its cold and heat, heedlessness for its blinding darkness, cupidity and diseases for its reptiles, wealth for its own danger on the road, and lust and anger its robbers. I have entered the extensive forest (of Brahma).
ब्राह्मण उवाच संकल्पदंशमशकं शोकहर्षहिमातपम्। मोहान्धकारतिमिरं लोभव्याधिसरीसृपम्॥ विषयैकात्ययाध्वानं कामक्रोधविरोधकम्। तदतीत्य महादुर्ग प्रविष्टोऽस्मि महद् वनम्॥