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The Vision of Śiva5.7

5.7
घटादीनां समस्तानामिच्छादेरल्पतास्ति चेत् । अन्यत्र देहे सर्पादौ दीपादौ नाग्निताल्पके ॥७॥
ghaṭādīnāṃ samastānāmicchāderalpatāsti cet | anyatra dehe sarpādau dīpādau nāgnitālpake
— of pots and the like ; — all (of them) ; — of will and the rest ; — smallness, diminution ; — if there be ; — elsewhere ; — in a body ; — in a serpent and the like ; — in a lamp and the like ; — not (diminished) ; — fire-nature ; — in a small (flame)

If (you object that) in all pots and the like there is a diminution of will and the rest (as compared) with (their fullness) elsewhere — in a body, in a serpent and the like — (we reply that) in a lamp and the like the fire-nature is not lessened (merely) in a small (flame).