The Vision of Śiva· 4.96 / 124

The Vision of Śiva4.96

4.96
ततोऽप्येतच्छिवात्मत्वं भावानामुपपद्यते । तथार्थावगतिर्वाक्यात्पदाद्वा नोपपद्यते ॥९६॥
tato'pyetacchivātmatvaṃ bhāvānāmupapadyate | tathārthāvagatirvākyātpadādvā nopapadyate
— from that too ; — this ; — the having-Śiva-for-self ; — of existent things ; — is established ; — likewise ; — the cognition of meaning ; — from a sentence ; — or from a word ; — is not (otherwise) tenable

From that too is established this Śiva-nature of (all) existent things; likewise the cognition of meaning from a sentence or from a word would (otherwise) not be tenable (without the unifying consciousness).