The Vision of Śiva 6.71

6.71

कुतो घटस्य जननाकारनामावधारणम् । यावता प्राग्दशानष्टा न प्रवृत्तिरथान्यथा ॥७१॥

kuto ghaṭasya jananākāranāmāvadhāraṇam | yāvatā prāgdaśānaṣṭā na pravṛttirathānyathā

— whence? ; — of the pot ; — the determining of (its) generation, form and name ; — inasmuch as ; — the prior state (of clay) ; — unperished ; — there is no engagement (of the maker) ; — otherwise

Whence (could there be) the determining of the pot's generation, form and name — inasmuch as the prior state (of clay) is unperished (when the pot appears)? (For if it were perished,) there would be no (continued) engagement (yielding the pot); (so it must be) otherwise (than the momentarist holds).

The Vision of Śiva6.71