aanandasaagarastavaH - verse 21

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puMsaH kSaNaardhamapi saMsaraNaakSamasya

saaMkhyaadayaH saraNayo na vishanti karNam.h .

saMkhyaaya gaa~NgasikataaH sakalaashca suukSmaa

bhu~NkSveti vaagiva mahaakSudhayaarditasya ..21..

 

In a split form

 

puMsaH kSaNaardham-api saMsaraNaakSamasya

saaMkhyaadayaH saraNayaH na vishanti karNam.h .

saMkhyaaya gaa~NgasikataaH sakalaashca suukSmaaH

bhu~NkSva iti vaagiva mahaakSudhayaa arditasya ..21..

 

 

For a person (puMsaH) who does not want to toil in this saMsara

(saMsaraNaakSamasya) even for a second (kSaNaardham-api),

religions (saraNayaH) like saaMkhya (saaMkhyaadayaH) point a way

which is absurd. Their words are (vaagiva) are like telling a

very hungry person (mahaakSudhayaa arditasya) to count

(saMkhyaaya) all the fine sand particles on the shores of ganga

(gaa~NgasikataaH sakalaashca suukSmaaH) and then eat (bhu~NkSva

iti). And such an absurd counsel will never enter a ear (karNam

na vishanti), that is, it will not be heeded to.

 

 

Now the author turns his attention to bhakti marga. Thus far he

has expressed his frustration with jnAna and karma and their

underlying difficulty.

 

 

Swami Vishwarupananda and Ravi