मलमज्ञानमिच्छन्ति संसाराङ्कुरकारणम्। इति प्रोक्तं तथा च श्रीमालिनीविजयोत्तरे॥२३॥

It is said (proktam) so (tathā ca) in venerable Mālinīvijayottaratantra --in the last half of stanza 1.23-- (śrī-mālinīvijayottare): 'They --the sages-- maintain (icchanti) that mala (malam) (is) ignorance (ajñānam) (and) the cause of the sprout of Saṁsāra --Transmigration full of sorrow-- (saṁsāra-aṅkura-kāraṇam iti)' --and this ignorance is called Āṇavamala--||23||