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The Vision of Śiva6.35

6.35
कर्तृत्वे ज्ञप्तिमात्रत्वे आकांक्षा करणे भवेत् । द्विरूपत्वे विरुद्धत्वसंक्रमत्वं प्रवर्तते ॥३५॥
kartṛtve jñaptimātratve ākāṃkṣā karaṇe bhavet | dvirūpatve viruddhatvasaṃkramatvaṃ pravartate
— if (cognition be) an agent ; — if (it be) mere knowing ; — a need (expectancy) ; — for an instrument ; — would arise ; — if (it have) a twofold nature ; — a passing-over into mutually contradictory (states) ; — sets in

If (cognition be) an agent, (or) if it be mere knowing, a need for an instrument would arise; and if it have a twofold nature (both agent and instrument), a passing-over into mutually contradictory (states) sets in.