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The Vision of Śiva2.17

2.17
विहाय शास्त्ररचना जातुचिन्न विराजते । पाण्यादीन्द्रियवन्नैतद्ब्रह्म वागिन्द्रियं भवेत् ॥१७॥
vihāya śāstraracanā jātucinna virājate | pāṇyādīndriyavannaitadbrahma vāgindriyaṃ bhavet
— setting aside ; — the composition of scriptures ; — ever ; — does not shine forth (would be pointless) ; — like the faculty of the hand and the rest ; — this is not ; — Brahman ; — the speech-faculty ; — could be

Setting (the Word) aside, no composition of scriptures would ever have any standing; (yet) like the faculty of the hand and the rest, this speech-faculty cannot be Brahman.