Acharya Prashant explains a verse from the Paramhansa Gita, which uses the metaphor of a group of merchants getting lost in the forest of the world ('Sansar-van'). This forest represents a life driven by the desire for worldly gains and is filled with dangers like delusions, fears, diseases, and six robbers, which symbolize the six inner enemies. These merchants, inspired by Maya, enter the jungle hoping for profit but end up wandering endlessly, getting looted, suffering, and eventually dying, leaving their offspring to repeat the same cycle. The speaker identifies the root cause of this entrapment as greed ('lalach'). He explains that desires are what take birth, meaning greed is born with us. Our senses—eyes, ears, and the entire body—are greedy, constantly seeking pleasure. We are all like these merchants, wandering in the world's jungle, trying to gain something. Even while suffering, the wanderers find small, imaginary pleasures, like a good dream or finding a partner, which keeps them trapped. A lost person's first desire is not to find a guide but to find other lost people, as their self-interest lies in mutual entanglement. This is the play of Maya. To escape this cycle, one must start from the beginning: with one's own greed and self-interest. The primary attraction is towards oneself. The speaker advises letting go of this self-attraction and self-praise. He suggests that one must develop dispassion towards oneself, stating, "Fall in your own eyes," because one who cannot fall in their own eyes cannot rise in life. This is contrary to the usual advice of self-esteem, but it is necessary. Life itself is proof that we are not as great as we think, as it constantly beats us down. The starting point for freedom is dis-attraction and dis-attachment from the self.