Suktimuktavali 26_17

26_17

Human birth is fruitless, they say; the heart is useless; vain is the creation of the ears; / the ability to distinguish between virtues and faults is impossible for them; / falling into the blind pit of hell is unavoidable, and liberation is hard to obtain, the wise say, / for those whose ears have not received the guest of the all-knowing doctrine, rich in the nectar of compassion. // 18