The Vision of Śiva 3.19

3.19

न भूषणे कुडलादौ यथा तत्र स्वशक्तितः । रूपकत्वं गतं हेम न शक्त्यैव स्वतन्त्रया ॥१९॥

na bhūṣaṇe kuḍalādau yathā tatra svaśaktitaḥ | rūpakatvaṃ gataṃ hema na śaktyaiva svatantrayā

— not (only) ; — in an ornament ; — in an earring and the like ; — just as ; — there ; — by its own power ; — its formedness ; — attained ; — gold ; — not ; — merely by a power ; — independent

(Goldness is) not (present only) in an ornament such as an earring; just as there the gold has assumed (a particular) form by its own power — not by some independent power (separate from itself).

The Vision of Śiva3.19