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The Essence of the Tantra11.4

11.4

अथ मलपरिपाके शक्तिपातः सो ऽपि किंस्वरूपः किं च तस्य निमित्तम् इति एतेन वैराग्यं धर्मविशेषो विवेकः सत्सेवा सत्प्राप्तिः देवपूजा इत्यादिहेतुः प्रत्युक्त इति भेदवादिनां सर्वम् असमञ्जसम्

Transliteration (IAST)

atha malaparipāke śaktipātaḥ so 'pi kiṃsvarūpaḥ kiṃ ca tasya nimittam iti etena vairāgyaṃ dharmaviśeṣo vivekaḥ satsevā satprāptiḥ devapūjā ityādihetuḥ pratyukta iti bhedavādināṃ sarvam asamañjasam

— upon the ripening of impurity (mala) ; — of what nature ; — its cause ; — dispassion ; — a particular merit ; — discrimination ; — service of the good ; — worship of the deity ; — (the doctrine that) such-and-such are its causes ; — has been refuted (answered) ; — of the dualists (the proponents of difference) ; — incoherent, untenable

Now (if it be said) that śaktipāta occurs upon the ripening of impurity — of what nature is that, and what is its cause? By this very (line of argument), the doctrine that its causes are dispassion, a particular merit, discrimination, service of the good, attainment of the good, worship of the deity, and so forth, has been refuted. Thus for the dualists everything is incoherent.