Jivanmuktiviveka 2.51.p12

2.51.p12

ta āsurā jagadasatyamāhuḥ | nāsti satyaṃ vedapurāṇādipramāṇaṃ yasmiṃstādṛśaṃ jagadāhuḥ | vedānāṃ prāmāṇyaṃ na manyanta ityarthaḥ | ata eva nāstīśvaraḥ kartā vyavasthāpakaśca yasmiṃstādṛśaṃ jagadāhuḥ | tarhi kuto'sya jagata utpattiṃ vadantītyatrāha - aparaspareti| aparaśca paraścetyaparasparam | aparasparato'nyonyataḥ strīpuruṣamithunāt sambhūtaṃ jagat | kimanyatkāraṇamasya ? nāstyanyatkiñcit; kiṃ tu kāmahaitukam, strīpuruṣayoḥ kāma eva pravāharūpeṇa heturasyetyāhurityarthaḥ | ghanāhaṅkāraśca tatraivodāhṛtaḥ- idamadya mayā labdhamimaṃ prāpsye manoratham |
idamastīdamapi me bhaviṣyati punardhanam ||

Those demoniac people say that the world is unreal. They say the world is such that in it there is no truth, [namely] the means of valid knowledge such as the Vedas and Purāṇas. The meaning is that they do not acknowledge the authoritativeness of the Vedas. Therefore they say the world is such that in it there is no Īśvara who is its creator and regulator. Then whence do they say this world originates? To this he says: 'without causal succession'. 'Apara' and 'para' [means] 'mutual'. The world has arisen mutually from one another, that is, from the union of male and female. What other cause could it have? There is no other whatsoever; but rather, it is caused by desire—the meaning is that they say desire alone of male and female is its continuous cause. And dense egotism is exemplified in that very place: / 'This has been gained by me today; this desire I shall obtain; / this is mine, and this wealth also shall be mine again;