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The Vision of Śiva4.108

4.108
करणे ज्ञानसम्बन्धाद्बाह्यार्थे किं न कल्प्यते । बुद्धेर्गुणत्वं मनसि प्राप्नुयादथ चेतसा ॥१०८॥
karaṇe jñānasambandhādbāhyārthe kiṃ na kalpyate | buddherguṇatvaṃ manasi prāpnuyādatha cetasā
— in the instrument ; — from connection with knowledge ; — in the external object ; — why is it not (rather) supposed? ; — of the intellect ; — the status of being a quality ; — in the mind ; — would result ; — then ; — by (positing) consciousness

If (knowledge inheres) in the instrument by connection with knowledge, why is it not (just as well) supposed (to inhere) in the external object? (And) the intellect's status as a (mere) quality would then attach to the mind — (only) by (recourse to) consciousness (is the difficulty resolved).