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The Vision of Śiva5.69

5.69
यैरुक्तं सिद्धसाध्यत्वं सामान्ये तन्न दूषणम् । अत्रेति तत्प्रयोगत्वाद्दिग्देशाद्यैर्विशेषिता ॥६९॥
yairuktaṃ siddhasādhyatvaṃ sāmānye tanna dūṣaṇam | atreti tatprayogatvāddigdeśādyairviśeṣitā
— by whom ; — it is said ; — the proving of what is (already) established ; — in respect of the universal ; — that is no refutation ; — here ; — thus ; — because of its (the inference's) application ; — by direction, place and the like ; — qualified, particularized

As for those who say (against us) that 'this commits the fault of proving the already-established with respect to the universal' — that is no refutation here, since the (inference's) application (always proceeds) particularized by direction, place and the like (and our critique bears on just that).