Verse 156-157

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

यद्यन्येन प्रयुक्तत्वान्न स्यादस्य स्वतन्न्नता ।
अथानुकम्पया कुर्यादेकान्तसुखितं जगत् ॥ १५६ ॥
आधिदारिद्यशोकादिविविधायासपीडितम् ।
जनं तु सृजतस्तस्य काऽनुकम्पा प्रतीयते ॥ १५७ ॥

yadyanyena prayuktatvānna syādasya svatannnatā |
athānukampayā kuryādekāntasukhitaṃ jagat || 156 ||
ādhidāridyaśokādivividhāyāsapīḍitam |
janaṃ tu sṛjatastasya kā'nukampā pratīyate || 157 ||

If he does it because he is prompted by another being, then he can not be self-sufficient (independent).—if he does it through compassion, then he should make the world absolutely happy. when he is found to have created people beset with misery, poverty, sorrow and other troubles,—where can his compassion be perceived?—(156-157)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

If the Spirit does all this, even though himself unwilling to do so, because he is prompted by another Being in the shape of God and the like,—then the ‘self-sufficiency’ that has been postulated for him disappears.—If it were through compassion that he did it, for the purpose of helping others, then he would not make it full of such dire miseries as those of Hell, etc.,—he would make it entirely happy.—(156-157)