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The Vision of Śiva6.11

6.11
प्रतिबिम्बतया चान्ये ये वा सर्गमुखे स्वयम् । ब्रह्मैव गृह्णात्यात्मानं ततो भेदोपपादनम् ॥११॥
pratibimbatayā cānye ye vā sargamukhe svayam | brahmaiva gṛhṇātyātmānaṃ tato bhedopapādanam
— by way of reflection ; — and others ; — or who ; — at the outset of creation ; — of itself ; — Brahman itself ; — grasps ; — itself ; — thence ; — the bringing-about of difference

And others (explain it) by way of reflection; or (there are) those (who hold that) at the outset of creation Brahman of itself grasps itself, and thence (comes) the bringing-about of difference.