The Vision of Śiva· 2.6 / 90

The Vision of Śiva2.6

2.6
आस्ते विज्ञानरूपत्वे स शब्दोऽर्थविवक्षया । मध्यमा कथ्यते सैव बिन्दुनादमरुत्क्रमात् ॥६॥
āste vijñānarūpatve sa śabdo'rthavivakṣayā | madhyamā kathyate saiva bindunādamarutkramāt
— it abides ; — in the state of being pure cognition ; — that ; — Word ; — through the wish to express a meaning ; — the Madhyamā (Middling speech) ; — is called ; — that very (Word) ; — through the successive stages of point, resonance, and breath

That Word abides in the state of pure cognition; through the wish to express a meaning, by the successive stages of point (bindu), resonance (nāda), and breath (marut), it is then called Madhyamā (Middling speech).