The Vision of Śiva· 4.115 / 124

The Vision of Śiva4.115

4.115
मनसा किं किमक्षेण तेन चेत्तत्परम्परा । एवं तदन्धपारम्पर्यत्वरूपमिदं स्फुटम् ॥११५॥
manasā kiṃ kimakṣeṇa tena cettatparamparā | evaṃ tadandhapāramparyatvarūpamidaṃ sphuṭam
— what (need) of the mind? ; — what (need) of a sense-organ? ; — if (cognition arises) through it ; — an endless chain of those (instruments) ; — thus ; — that ; — having the form of a succession of the blind (leading the blind) ; — this ; — is manifest

What need of the mind, what need of a sense-organ? If (cognition arose) through it (alone), an endless chain of such (instruments would follow); thus this (opponent's view) plainly takes the form of a succession of the blind (leading the blind, while consciousness alone does the seeing).