Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 37

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dve mūrtī tapanānalāv atha tathā Śaṃbhoś śaśāṅkāmbhasī netā hanta mitho gatānugatiko lokas tulāṃ tāṃ dvayīm /
sūryācandramasor yathāsvam upalaiẖ kāntair viśeṣaṃ paraṃ teṣāṃ tatpratiyogyasambhaviguṇair labdhā jano 'rocakī //

Alas, people who blindly follow one another weigh the two forms of Śambhu—the sun and fire, and likewise the moon and water—in mutual equality; / yet when those people have obtained a special distaste for them because of the qualities impossible in their counterparts, [they look to] the sun and moon respectively with the lovely sun-gem and moon-gem.