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The Vision of Śiva5.97

5.97
एकक्षणत्वं लक्ष्यस्य बहुकालस्य नार्हता । क्षणभङ्गान्नचैवं हि स निवार्य इहाग्रतः ॥९७॥
ekakṣaṇatvaṃ lakṣyasya bahukālasya nārhatā | kṣaṇabhaṅgānnacaivaṃ hi sa nivārya ihāgrataḥ
— being of a single moment ; — of the object in view ; — of long duration ; — is not fitting ; — from momentary perishing ; — and indeed not so ; — that (doctrine) ; — is to be refuted ; — here, further on

Being of a single moment is not fitting for an object of long duration; and (it is) indeed not so, (as would follow) from momentary perishing — that (doctrine of momentariness) is to be refuted here, further on.