The Vision of Śiva 6.23

6.23

अविद्यादेर्निमित्तत्वे वेदान्तैः साम्यमागतम् । पक्षे द्वितीये ताद्रूप्यं जडत्वादिह तस्य कः ॥२३॥

avidyādernimittatve vedāntaiḥ sāmyamāgatam | pakṣe dvitīye tādrūpyaṃ jaḍatvādiha tasya kaḥ

— of nescience and the like ; — if it be the occasioning cause ; — with the Vedāntins ; — parity ; — has resulted ; — on the second alternative ; — identity of nature ; — because of (nescience's) insentience ; — here ; — of it ; — who (effects the conjunction)?

If nescience and the like be the occasioning cause, (their view) comes to parity with the (already-refuted) Vedāntins; and on the second alternative (identity of Brahman with nescience), since nescience is insentient, who here effects its (conjunction with knowledge)?

The Vision of Śiva6.23