The Vision of Śiva 5.33

5.33

चक्षूरश्मिगमत्वं चेत् स प्रत्यक्षोऽर्करश्मिवत् । भावानां प्रतिबिम्बत्व आत्मनोऽपि न युक्तता ॥३३॥

cakṣūraśmigamatvaṃ cet sa pratyakṣo'rkaraśmivat | bhāvānāṃ pratibimbatva ātmano'pi na yuktatā

— the going-forth of a visual ray ; — if (you posit) ; — it ; — perceptible ; — like a ray of the sun ; — of things ; — in (their) being reflections ; — of the self too ; — there is no coherence

If (you posit) a going-forth of a visual ray — (then) it (would be) perceptible, like a ray of the sun (which it is not). And if things were (mere) reflections (in the self), there would be no coherence even for the self (— as the next verse explains).

The Vision of Śiva5.33