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The Vision of Śiva5.75

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प्रतिभा च प्रमाणत्वे वर्ण्यमाना न शोभते । काकतालीयरूपत्वादश्वादेस्तरणादथ ॥७५॥
pratibhā ca pramāṇatve varṇyamānā na śobhate | kākatālīyarūpatvādaśvādestaraṇādatha
— intuition (pratibhā) ; — and ; — as a means of valid knowledge ; — being propounded ; — does not stand (does not hold up) ; — because of (its) being like the crow-and-palm-fruit (mere coincidence) ; — of a horse and the like ; — from (its) crossing (a ford by chance) ; — moreover

And intuition (pratibhā), when propounded as a (separate) means of valid knowledge, does not hold up — because it is (mere) coincidence, like the crow-and-the-palm-fruit, as (when) a horse and the like crosses (a ford safely by chance).