Steya-doṣa-nirūpaṇa (On the Nature and Gravity of Theft) — within the Hayagrīva–Agastya Saṃvāda frame
काननं च क्षयं नीतं बहुसत्त्वसमाकुलम् / तेनाग्र्याणि महार्हाणि क्षेत्राण्यपि चकार सः
kānanaṃ ca kṣayaṃ nītaṃ bahusattvasamākulam / tenāgryāṇi mahārhāṇi kṣetrāṇyapi cakāra saḥ
The forest, teeming with many creatures, he brought to ruin; and by that very means he also established foremost, most precious sacred kṣetras.