Note 143 — Chapter VII · THE ŚAIVA-DARŚANA.
Edward B. (Edward Byles) Cowell translation
I take aṇu in this verse as the soul, but it may mean the second kind of mala mentioned by Hoisington. The first kind of mala is the máyá-mala, the second áṇava-mala, the third kanma-mala (karman).