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The Vision of Śiva5.73

5.73
प्रत्यक्षत्वं प्रसज्येत तथाप्तत्वेऽप्यनिश्चयात् । स्वातन्त्र्यं नच शब्दस्य रचनात्वेन युज्यते ॥७३॥
pratyakṣatvaṃ prasajyeta tathāptatve'pyaniścayāt | svātantryaṃ naca śabdasya racanātvena yujyate
— the status of perception ; — would result ; — likewise ; — even as to (a speaker's) reliability ; — because of uncertainty ; — independent authority ; — and not ; — of the word ; — by reason of (its) being a construction ; — is tenable

(By way of the particular,) the status of (mere) perception would result; and likewise, because there is no certainty even as to (a speaker's) reliability, no independent authority of the word is tenable, given that it is (merely) a (human) construction.