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# Vakyapadiya 2.420

Vākyapadīya 2.420

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.420](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.darsana.vakyapadiya.2.420)

svarūpaṃ vidyate yasya tasyātmā na nirūpyate  
nāsti yasya svarūpaṃ tu tasyaivātmā nirūpyate //

> That which has an intrinsic form—its nature is not scrutinized; / but that which has no intrinsic form—its nature alone is scrutinized.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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