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The Vision of Śiva2.31

2.31
पश्यन्त्या लक्षितासौ वा नवा यदि न लक्षिता । पश्यन्ती जाड्यमायाति लक्षिता तर्हि लक्षिता ॥३१॥
paśyantyā lakṣitāsau vā navā yadi na lakṣitā | paśyantī jāḍyamāyāti lakṣitā tarhi lakṣitā
— by Paśyantī ; — perceived, discerned ; — that (nescience) ; — or not ; — if ; — not perceived ; — Paśyantī ; — insentience ; — falls into ; — if perceived ; — then ; — it is (something) discerned (an object)

Is that (nescience) discerned by Paśyantī or not? If it is not discerned, then Paśyantī lapses into insentience; if it is discerned, then it (becomes a discerned object, contradicting its supposed indescribability).