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The Vision of Śiva3.83

3.83
तथात्वेनैव कॢप्तत्वात्तदेतत्कल्पना भवेत् । तदेव तत्कल्पितं किं सत्ये नामास्तु कल्पना ॥८३॥
tathātvenaiva kḷptatvāttadetatkalpanā bhavet | tadeva tatkalpitaṃ kiṃ satye nāmāstu kalpanā
— precisely as being so ; — because it is fashioned ; — that ; — this ; — would be (a mere) imagining ; — that very thing ; — is what is figured as that ; — why ; — in the real ; — indeed ; — let there be ; — imagining

Because it is fashioned precisely as being so, this (manifestation) would (only on the dualist view) be a mere imagining; (but for us) that very thing (the world) is what is figured as Śiva — so why should there be (talk of mere) 'imagining' applied to the real? (Let there be no such 'imagining.')