Such men, befooled by endless vain conceits,

Caught in the meshes of the world’s illusion,

Immersed in sensuality, descend

Down to the foulest hell of unclean spirits.*

Mahābhārata.

* Cf. Luke, XII, 17-20; see also [291].

339.

There needs no other charm, nor conjuror,

To raise infernal spirits up, but Fear,

That makes men pull their horns in, like a snail,