The Vision of Śiva 7.2

7.2

वह्निर्ज्ञातोऽथवाज्ञातः प्रकाशं जनयेन्न किम् । अज्ञातं न सुवर्णं किं तदा किमुपलं भवेत् ॥२॥

vahnirjñāto'thavājñātaḥ prakāśaṃ janayenna kim | ajñātaṃ na suvarṇaṃ kiṃ tadā kimupalaṃ bhavet

— fire ; — known ; — or unknown ; — light ; — does it not generate? ; — unknown ; — is gold not gold? ; — then ; — would it become a (mere) stone?

Fire, whether known or unknown, does it not (equally) generate light? (And) is unknown gold not gold? Would it then become a mere stone (for being unrecognized)?

The Vision of Śiva7.2