नदीनिलयनाः सर्पा नदीकुटिलगामिनः। तिष्ठन्त्यावृत्य पन्थानमतो दुःखतरं वनम्॥
nadīnilayanāḥ sarpā nadīkuṭilagāminaḥ| tiṣṭhantyāvṛtya panthānamato duḥkhataraṃ vanam||
English Meaning
And snakes living in the rivers and of crooked course like them, always await the wayfarers, hindering the passers-by: so the wood is full of misery.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)