Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Verse 145

Sanskrit

भूयो भूयः परे भावे भावना भाव्यते हि या।
जपः सोऽत्र स्वयं नादो मन्त्रात्मा जप्य ईदृशः॥ १४५॥

Transliteration

bhūyo bhūyaḥ pare bhāve bhāvanā bhāvyate hi yā |
japaḥ so’tra svayaṁ nādo mantrātmā japya īdṛśaḥ || 145 ||

Translation

Contemplate on the thought of being in the supreme consciousness again and again; this is also japa. That self-sound (which is spontaneously produced) is verily the soul of mantra. Japa is done like this.