निजं तस्य न हीयेत तद्वत् परमकारणे ।
यदि तत्तर्हि मोक्षेऽपि विशेषः किं निवार्यते ॥११३॥
nijaṃ tasya na hīyeta tadvat paramakāraṇe |
yadi tattarhi mokṣe'pi viśeṣaḥ kiṃ nivāryate
His own (royal nature) is not diminished (by ruling); just so in the supreme cause (Śiva). If that be granted — then why, even in liberation, should a distinction (between Śiva and the liberated) be precluded (— for our one-Śiva view it dissolves)?