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The Vision of Śiva5.26

5.26
पुरा शक्तेरानयने चक्षुः शक्तं न वेति वा । तस्यापि शक्तेः कल्प्यत्वे भवत्यानन्त्यसंगमः ॥२६॥
purā śakterānayane cakṣuḥ śaktaṃ na veti vā | tasyāpi śakteḥ kalpyatve bhavatyānantyasaṃgamaḥ
— beforehand ; — in the bringing of the power (to the object) ; — the eye ; — is (it) empowered or not? ; — thus ; — of that too ; — power ; — if it must be posited ; — there arises ; — a meeting with infinite regress

(And ask:) beforehand, in (the very act of) bringing the power (to the object), is the eye empowered (to do so) or not? If a further power for that too must be posited, there arises a meeting with infinite regress.