The Vision of Śiva· 2.60 / 90

The Vision of Śiva2.60

2.60
स्फोटस्यासत्यरूपैर्हि पदाद्यैर्व्यङ्ग्यता कथम् । पश्यन्त्याः सत्यरूपाया असत्यैर्व्यङ्ग्यता न च ॥६०॥
sphoṭasyāsatyarūpairhi padādyairvyaṅgyatā katham | paśyantyāḥ satyarūpāyā asatyairvyaṅgyatā na ca
— of the sphoṭa ; — by unreal-natured (means) ; — indeed ; — by words and so on ; — the being-manifested ; — how ; — of Paśyantī ; — of the real-natured ; — by unreal (means) ; — being-manifested ; — is not (possible)

How can the sphoṭa be manifested by unreal-natured (means) such as words and the rest? And the real-natured Paśyantī cannot be manifested by unreal (means) at all.