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The Essence of the Tantra8.22

8.22

सो ऽयं मलः परमेश्वरस्य स्वात्मप्रच्छादनेच्छातः नान्यत् किञ्चित् वस्त्व् अपि च तत्परमेश्वरेच्छात्मनैव धरादेर् अपि वस्तुत्वात्

Transliteration (IAST)

so 'yaṃ malaḥ parameśvarasya svātmapracchādanecchātaḥ nānyat kiñcit vastv api ca tatparameśvarecchātmanaiva dharāder api vastutvāt

— the impurity (mala) ; — from (the Lord's) will to veil his own self ; — a (separate) real thing ; — as consisting essentially of the Supreme Lord's will ; — of earth and the rest ; — because of (their) reality

This impurity arises from the Supreme Lord's will to veil his own self, and is nothing else; yet it is real precisely as consisting essentially of the Supreme Lord's will — since even earth and the rest are real only in that same way.