The Vision of Śiva· 4.30 / 124

The Vision of Śiva4.30

4.30
व्यतिरेके न युज्येत विज्ञानं हि घटादिषु । मूर्तामूर्तधर्मयोगो घटस्तस्य न गोचरः ॥३०॥
vyatireke na yujyeta vijñānaṃ hi ghaṭādiṣu | mūrtāmūrtadharmayogo ghaṭastasya na gocaraḥ
— if there be separation (of object from consciousness) ; — would not be possible ; — cognition ; — indeed ; — with respect to pots and the like ; — the conjunction of corporeal and incorporeal properties ; — the pot ; — of it (cognition) ; — is not (its) field

If there were a separation (of object from consciousness), no cognition of pots and the like would be possible. (For) the conjunction of corporeal and incorporeal properties (it would require) — and the pot (as a mind-independent thing) is not the field of that (cognition at all).