Mahabharata 1.86.10

अष्टक उवाच · aṣṭaka uvāca

कथं स्विद्वसतोऽरण्ये ग्रामो भवति पृष्ठतःग्रामे वा वसतोऽरण्यं कथं भवति पृष्ठतः

kathaṃ svidvasato'raṇye grāmo bhavati pṛṣṭhataḥgrāme vā vasato'raṇyaṃ kathaṃ bhavati pṛṣṭhataḥ

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.