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The Vision of Śiva7.80

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यस्यां यस्यां प्रतीतौ तु शिवोऽस्मीति मनोगमः । तस्यां तथैव चिन्तायां तद्ध्यानमपि जल्पितम् ॥८०॥
yasyāṃ yasyāṃ pratītau tu śivo'smīti manogamaḥ | tasyāṃ tathaiva cintāyāṃ taddhyānamapi jalpitam
— in whatever cognition ; — indeed ; — 'I am Śiva' ; — thus ; — the going of the mind (the thought) ; — in that ; — in just that contemplation ; — that too as meditation ; — is declared

In whatever cognition the thought 'I am Śiva' arises in the mind — in that very contemplation, that too is declared (to be) meditation.