Laghustavacarcastavau p230

p230

nityaṃ nāma kālakramarahitaṃ tathā ca parā saṃviddhi mātṛmeyādirūpeṇa
prasphurantyapi sakṛdvibhāto'yamātmā
ityuktasthityāvabhāsanakriyāvicchedābhāvāt
kālānavacchedādanastamitasvabhāvatvamāśrayate . na cāsyāḥ kriyāntaravat
sakramatvātkālāvacchedaḥ saṃbhāvyo'laukikatvāt . tadāhuḥ-

'Eternal' means devoid of temporal sequence. And so, supreme consciousness, even while sparkling forth in the form of subject, object of knowledge, and so forth, possesses an unsetting nature because it is not circumscribed by time, since there is no interruption in the act of manifestation—in accord with the statement, 'This self shines forth once and for all.' Nor can temporal limitation be assumed in Her case through having sequence, unlike ordinary actions, because She is transcendent. As they have said: