वाच्यत्वं वाचकत्वं च देवतन्मन्त्रयोरिह ।
अभेदेनोच्यते ब्रह्मंस्तत्त्वविद्भिर्विचारितः ॥
vācyatvaṁ vācakatvaṁ ca deva-tan-mantrayor iha |
abhedenocyate brahmaṁs tattvavidbhir vicāritaḥ ||
(Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 198)
“O Brahmā, the existence as a referent and the existence as a referrer [respectively] of Deva and his mantra [i.e., the existence of Deva as the referent of his mantra and the existence of his mantra as a referrer to him] have been deliberated upon and described as non-different by knowers of the reality.”