ज्ञानकाले शिवत्वाभावमाशङ्कमान आहबुद्धिं विना कथं बोधः सा बुद्धिः प्रकृतेः प्रजा ।न च तस्य तया योग इति चेदपरस्थितौ ॥ २६ ॥
In plain words
Anticipating the doubt that at the time of knowing there is no being Śiva, he says: “Without the intellect, how can there be awareness? That intellect is the offspring of prakṛti, and he has no union with it.” If this is said: in the lower state