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The Vision of Śiva2.12

2.12
आदौ तावदिन्द्रियत्वे स्थिता वाक्कर्मसंज्ञिते ॥१२॥
ādau tāvadindriyatve sthitā vākkarmasaṃjñite
— at the outset ; — first of all ; — in the status of being a sense-faculty ; — it is established ; — designated as the organ of speech (the speech-faculty)

(But our refutation:) First of all, at the outset it (Paśyantī, as 'speech') is established merely in the status of a sense-faculty, namely the one called the organ of speech.