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The Great Liberation Tantra2.18

2.18
कलावन्योदितैर्मार्गैः सिद्धिमिच्छति यो नरः । तृषितो जाह्नवीतीरे कूपं खनति दुर्मतिः ॥१८॥
kalāvanyoditairmārgaiḥ siddhimicchati yo naraḥ | tṛṣito jāhnavītīre kūpaṃ khanati durmatiḥ ||18||
— in the Kali age ; — by paths declared elsewhere ; — by paths ; — attainment ; — desires ; — who ; — a man ; — thirsty ; — on the bank of the Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī) ; — a well ; — digs ; — the fool

The man who in the Kali age desires attainment by paths declared elsewhere is like a fool who, thirsting on the bank of the Gaṅgā, digs a well.