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The Vision of Śiva2.63

2.63
अथ स्वानुभवेनैव पश्यन्तीं पश्य युक्तितः । एवं तर्ह्यपरस्यासौ पश्यन्ती कर्मतां गता ॥६३॥
atha svānubhavenaiva paśyantīṃ paśya yuktitaḥ | evaṃ tarhyaparasyāsau paśyantī karmatāṃ gatā
— now (if) ; — by your own experience alone ; — Paśyantī ; — 'behold!' ; — by reasoning ; — then in that case ; — of another ; — she ; — Paśyantī ; — the status of an object ; — has gone to

Now if (you say) 'behold Paśyantī by your own experience, through reasoning!' — then in that case, for another (the perceiver), this Paśyantī has become an object (and so is no longer the ultimate subject).