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The Vision of Śiva7.12

7.12
तस्मादुपायो वक्तव्यो दृष्टकार्यप्रसिद्धये । ततः स्वात्मक्रियौन्मुख्यमिच्छाप्रथमकोद्गमः ॥१२॥
tasmādupāyo vaktavyo dṛṣṭakāryaprasiddhaye | tataḥ svātmakriyaunmukhyamicchāprathamakodgamaḥ
— therefore ; — a means ; — is to be taught ; — for the accomplishment of visible effects ; — therein, first ; — the turning-toward action of one's own self ; — the first arising of will

Therefore a means is to be taught for the accomplishment of visible effects; therein, first, (comes) the self's turning-toward action — the first arising of will (icchā).