Mrigendra 1.86

1.86

evamapi kathite tadīyaṃ bhaktiprakarṣaṃ jñātumicchuḥ indratvena
paramaiśvaryayogāt prabhuḥ prabhavanaśīlassa tān munīn sasmitamāha | kiṃ tat
mithyājñānaṃ vaḥ yuṣmākaṃ sambandhi yadetat liṅgārcanādiśivārādhana-
pratipādakaṃ jñānaṃ śāstraṃ tanmithyā na satyaṃ tat |
praṇetṛtathāvidhadevatānupapatteḥ | yataḥ karmānuṣṭhānādeva phalam | na
devatātaḥ | śabdamātraṃ hi devatā | na khalu vayaṃ
pratyakṣapramāṇetarapramāṇāpahnavapravṛttadurācāra-
cārvākavadasambhavameva devatāyāḥ pratipādyāmahe kiṃ tarhi, vidyata eva
devatā sā tu na śabdādatiricyate | api tu
ayogolakavahnivadanupalabhyamānavācyārthāpṛthakbhāvaśśabda eva | naiṣa
teṣu kriyāviśeṣeṣu aṅgabhāvaṃ gacchan
yāgasampradānadevatāviśeṣākhyāṃ labhate | taduktaṃ -
avinirbhiṇṇaśabdārthe dhyāyedoṅkāramīśvaraṃ iti | na cātra kaścideka
eva viśveśitā astīti niyamaḥ pratijñātuṃ śakyaḥ |
anekākārasuprasiddhabahutaradevatāviśeṣaśravaṇāt |
taccedamanupamamahimnaśśabdarūpasyaiva vijṛmbhitam | yadekamapi tat
tattaddevatāviśeṣapratītihetutāmātmapratītihetutāṃ cābhyeti | tathaiva śrutiḥ -