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Shiva Purana

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वाग्वादेन च किं कार्यं मम योगिस्त्वया सह ॥ प्रत्यक्षे ह्यनुमानस्य न प्रमाणं विदुर्बुधाः ॥ १६ ॥

O yogin, what have I to do with an argument with you? Scholars say that without perception inference has no authority at all.

english translation

इंद्रियाणां गोचरत्वं यावद्भवति देहिनाम् ॥ तावत्सर्वं विमंतव्यं प्राकृतं ज्ञानिभिर्धिया ॥ १७ ॥

As long as the embodied beings remain the objects of the sense-organs, everything is Prākṛta. Wise men consider it so.

english translation

किं बहूक्तेन योगीश शृणु मद्वचनं परम् ॥ सा चाहं पुरुषोऽसि त्वं सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः ॥ १८ ॥

O lord of ascetics, a long-winded talk is of no avail. Listen to my emphatic statement. I am Prakṛti and you are Puruṣa. This is the truth. There is no doubt about it.

english translation

मदनुग्रहतस्त्वं हि सगुणो रूपवान्मतः ॥ मां विना त्वं निरीहोऽसि न किंचित्कर्तुमर्हसि ॥ १९ ॥

With my blessings you become qualitative and embodied. Without me, you are attributeless and incompetent to perform any activity.

english translation

पराधीनस्सदा त्वं हि नानाकर्म्मकरो वशी ॥ निर्विकारी कथं त्वं हि न लिप्तश्च मया कथम् ॥ 2-3-13-२० ॥

Being always subservient to Prakṛti you perform all activities. Self-controlled, free from aberrations and untainted by me how can you perform them?

english translation