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The Vision of Śiva1.14

1.14
आरम्भे दृष्टिमापात्य तदौन्मुख्यं हि गम्यते । व्रजतो मुष्टितां पाणेः पूर्वः कम्पस्तदेक्ष्यते ॥१४॥
ārambhe dṛṣṭimāpātya tadaunmukhyaṃ hi gamyate | vrajato muṣṭitāṃ pāṇeḥ pūrvaḥ kampastadekṣyate
— at the outset ; — one's gaze ; — casting ; — its incipient stirring (toward waviness) ; — indeed ; — is apprehended ; — of (a hand) about to move ; — into a fist ; — of the hand ; — prior ; — a tremor ; — then ; — is observed

— if one casts one's gaze upon it at the very outset, its incipient stirring (toward waviness) is indeed apprehended; just as, in a hand about to close into a fist, a preliminary tremor is then observed.