Laghustavacarcastavau 5_377

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sthitiṃ kṛtvā deśabandharūpāṃ dhāraṇāmāsthāya sthirāmiti pāṭhe
hṛdayakamale sthirāṃ kṛtvā niścalīkṛtya kṣaṇamapi kṣaṇamātrakālamiti
siddhamantropāsakaviṣayakamiti prāgvadeva . tvāṃ dhyāyanti
svātmaikyabhāvanayopāsate na tvanyathā
mantrimantradevatayorārādhyārādhakabhāvena bhedabhāvanāyāṃ hi
phalasiddhivilambasyoktatvāt . taduktaṃ śrīśrīkaṇṭhasaṃhitāyām-

'having established steady concentration' (kṛtvā sthitim), [that is,] having adopted mental fixation (dhāraṇā) which has the nature of binding the mind to a place; or in the variant reading 'sthirām' ('firm'), having made the mind steady, motionless in the lotus of the heart, 'even for an instant' (kṣaṇamapi), [meaning] for the duration of a mere moment—which applies, as before, to a practitioner who has perfected the mantra—'meditate upon You' (tvāṃ dhyāyanti), [that is,] worship with the contemplation of oneness with their own Self, and not otherwise; for when there is a contemplation of difference between the reciter of the mantra and the deity of the mantra in the relation of worshipper and worshipped, delay in the accomplishment of the fruit is spoken of. As has been stated in the venerable Śrīkaṇṭhasaṃhitā: