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The Vision of Śiva5.17

5.17
स्वकर्मणि ममैतत्तदित्यज्ञानान्न चेष्टनम् । कूलं पिपतिषति गोर्व्यवहारः प्रसिद्ध्यति ॥१७॥
svakarmaṇi mamaitattadityajñānānna ceṣṭanam | kūlaṃ pipatiṣati gorvyavahāraḥ prasiddhyati
— in its own activity ; — 'this, that, is mine (to do)' ; — thus ; — from non-knowing ; — not ; — striving ; — the bank ; — 'is about to fall' ; — of a cow (the speech) ; — the (figurative) usage ; — is well established

Without (some) knowing (in the form) 'this is mine (to do)' in its own activity, there is no striving; (yet figurative ascriptions exist —) the usage 'the bank is about to fall,' or (the locution about) the cow, is well established (so the opponent might urge such ascriptions are merely figurative; we reply they are not).