क्षीरवद्यदि वोच्येत पराधीनं जडं भवेत् ।
एतयैव दिशा शोध्यं शुद्धन्यूनादिदूषणम् ॥४३॥
kṣīravadyadi vocyeta parādhīnaṃ jaḍaṃ bhavet |
etayaiva diśā śodhyaṃ śuddhanyūnādidūṣaṇam
And if it were objected, 'like milk (Śiva would then be) dependent on another and insentient' — by this very line of reasoning the objection concerning purity, deficiency, and the rest is to be resolved.