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The Essence of the Tantra20.10

20.10

आदर्शे हि स्वमुखम् अविरतम् अवलोकयतः तत्स्वरूपनिश्चितिः अचिरेणैव भवेत् न चात्र कश्चित् क्रमः प्रधानम् ऋते तन्मयीभावात्

Transliteration (IAST)

ādarśe hi svamukham aviratam avalokayataḥ tatsvarūpaniścitiḥ acireṇaiva bhavet na cātra kaścit kramaḥ pradhānam ṛte tanmayībhāvāt

— in a mirror ; — for one who gazes ceaselessly at his own face ; — certainty as to that (face's) own form ; — would arise before long ; — and here no particular sequence is principal ; — apart from the state of identity with That

For one who gazes ceaselessly at his own face in a mirror, certainty as to its true form arises before long; and here no particular sequence is principal, apart from the state of identity with That.