The Vision of Śiva· 4.101 / 124

The Vision of Śiva4.101

4.101
नचापि भेदे भावानां ग्रहणं ज्ञानमेव वा । संयोगेनोपपद्येत यदि दृष्ट्यादिना भवेत् ॥१०१॥
nacāpi bhede bhāvānāṃ grahaṇaṃ jñānameva vā | saṃyogenopapadyeta yadi dṛṣṭyādinā bhavet
— nor even ; — if there be difference ; — of existent things ; — the grasping ; — or knowledge itself ; — by (sense-)contact ; — would be possible ; — if ; — by sight and the rest ; — were to arise

Nor, were there (a real) difference of existent things, would the grasping of them — or knowledge itself — be possible by (mere sensory) contact, even granting that it arose through sight and the rest.