रसाद्यनध्यक्षत्वेऽपि रूपादेव यथा तरुम्। विकल्पो वेत्ति तद्वत्तु नादबिन्द्वादिना शिवम्॥७६॥

Just as (yathā) vikalpa (vikalpaḥ) knows (vetti) a tree (tarum) from (its) form --or the form of (its) fruits-- (rūpāt eva) even if there is no direct perception of the taste, etc. (of its fruits) (rasa-ādi-anadhyakṣatve api), so (tad-vat tu) (vikalpa knows) Śiva (śivam) by means of Nāda, Bindu, etc. --i.e. Prakāśa, Vimarśa, etc.-- (nāda-bindu-ādinā)||76||

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Rasādyanadhyakṣatve'pi rūpādeva yathā tarum| Vikalpo vetti tadvattu nādabindvādinā śivam||76||

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rasādyanadhyakṣatve'pi

even without direct perception of taste, etc.

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rūpādeva

from form

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yathā

just as

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tarum

tree

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vikalpo

vikalpa (a concept in Kashmir Shaivism)

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vetti

knows

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tadvattu

so, in the same way

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nādabindvādinā

by means of Nāda, Bindu, etc.

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