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The Vision of Śiva2.84

2.84
यथा कर्तुः कुलालादेर्घटः कार्य इतीदृशः । विमर्श इच्छारूपेण तद्वदत्रापि संस्थितम् ॥८४॥
yathā kartuḥ kulālāderghaṭaḥ kārya itīdṛśaḥ | vimarśa icchārūpeṇa tadvadatrāpi saṃsthitam
— just as ; — of the agent ; — the potter and the rest ; — the pot ; — is to be made ; — thus ; — such ; — reflective awareness ; — in the form of will ; — just so ; — here too ; — it stands

Just as for an agent such as a potter there is the reflective awareness 'the pot is to be made,' in the form of will — just so it stands here too.