सृष्ट्यप्ययकरीं मायां वेलाकूलान्तवेगिताम् । मत्तस्य तामविज्ञस्य किमसत्कर्मभिर्भवेत् ॥ १६ ॥
srsty-apyaya-karim mayam vela-kulanta-vegitam mattasya tam avijnasya kim asat-karmabhir bhavet
- srsti
- creation
- apyaya
- dissolution
- karim
- one who causes
- mayam
- the illusory energy
- vela-kula-anta
- near the banks
- vegitam
- being very rapid
- mattasya
- of one who is mad
- tam
- that material nature
- avijnasya
- who does not know
- kim asat-karmabhih bhavet
- what benefit can there be by performing temporary fruitive activities.
(Narada Muni had said that there is a river flowing in both directions. The Haryasvas understood the purport of this statement.) Material nature functions in two ways—by creation and dissolution. Thus the river of material nature flows both ways. A living entity who unknowingly falls in this river is submerged in its waves, and since the current is swifter near the banks of the river, he is unable to get out. What will be the benefit of performing fruitive activities in that river of maya?