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The Vision of Śiva6.21

6.21
अविद्या वस्तुरूपा चेद्विद्यया साकमेकता । अवस्तु वा नह्यसत्यं सत्यरूपस्य साधनम् ॥२१॥
avidyā vasturūpā cedvidyayā sākamekatā | avastu vā nahyasatyaṃ satyarūpasya sādhanam
— nescience ; — of the form of a (real) thing ; — if ; — together with knowledge ; — oneness (would result) ; — or (it is) no real thing ; — for not ; — the unreal ; — of what has a real form ; — is a means

If nescience be of the form of a real thing, then its oneness with knowledge (would result, undoing the distinction); or (if it be) no real thing — for the unreal cannot be a means (of producing) what has a real form.