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The Vision of Śiva6.9

6.9
विश्वं न सत्यरूपत्वं तथान्ये त्वात्मवादिनः । भूतजीवपरात्मत्वं ये चान्ये नेतिवादिनः ॥९॥
viśvaṃ na satyarūpatvaṃ tathānye tvātmavādinaḥ | bhūtajīvaparātmatvaṃ ye cānye netivādinaḥ
— the universe ; — has no real form ; — and yet others ; — proponents of (a doctrine of) the Self ; — (holding) elements, individual soul, and the supreme Self (as the truth) ; — and others who ; — proponents of the 'not-this' (neti)

(They hold) the universe has no real form; and yet others, proponents of the Self, (assert) the reality of elements, individual soul, and supreme Self; and there are still others, proponents of the 'not-this, not-this' (neti neti).