Shiva Purana

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न मूर्तिश्च स्वतंत्रस्य घटते मूलहेतुना ॥ मूर्तेरपि च कार्यत्वात्तत्सिद्धिः स्यादहैतुकी ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

But a physical form docs not fit in with a free being for this basic reason. But the form is an effect of some cause. Lordship has no cause for its being.

english translation

na mUrtizca svataMtrasya ghaTate mUlahetunA ॥ mUrterapi ca kAryatvAttatsiddhiH syAdahaitukI ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/30/6

न मूर्तिश्च स्वतंत्रस्य घटते मूलहेतुना ॥ मूर्तेरपि च कार्यत्वात्तत्सिद्धिः स्यादहैतुकी ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

But a physical form docs not fit in with a free being for this basic reason. But the form is an effect of some cause. Lordship has no cause for its being.

english translation

na mUrtizca svataMtrasya ghaTate mUlahetunA ॥ mUrterapi ca kAryatvAttatsiddhiH syAdahaitukI ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript