Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 1.2 / 5

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord1.2

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कर्तरि ज्ञातरि स्वात्मन्य् आदिसिद्धे महेश्वरे अजडात्मा निषेधं वा सिद्धिं वा विदधीत कः ॥२॥
kartari jñātari svātmany ādisiddhe maheśvare ajaḍātmā niṣedhaṃ vā siddhiṃ vā vidadhīta kaḥ
— with respect to the agent (the one who acts) ; — with respect to the knower ; — with respect to one's own Self ; — who is established from the beginning, primordially proven ; — with respect to the Great Lord ; — a being whose nature is not insentient (i.e. a conscious being) ; — denial, negation ; — either, or ; — proof, affirmation ; — could make, could effect ; — who?

When the Great Lord is the agent, the knower, one's own Self, established from the very beginning, what conscious being could effect either a denial or a proof of him?