कथा जपः
In plain words
Talk is .
The commentators
Śivasūtra with Kṣemarāja's Vimarśinī
एवं-विधस्य अस्य - कथा जपः ॥ २७ ॥ अहमेव परो हंसः शिवः परमकारणम् । इति-श्रीस्वच्छन्दनिरूपितनीत्या नित्यमेव पराहंभावनामयत्वात् । तस्य देवातिदेवस्य परबोधस्वरूपिणः । विमर्शः परमा शक्तिः सर्वज्ञा ज्ञानशालिनी ॥ इति-श्रीकालिकाक्रमनिरूपितनीत्या महामन्त्रात्मकाकृतकाहंविमर्शारूढस्य यद्यदालापादि तत्तदस्य स्वात्मदेवताविमर्शानवरतावर्तनात्मा जपो जायते । यदुक्तं श्रीविज्ञानभैरवे भूयो भूयः परे भावे भावना भाव्यते हि या । जपः सोऽत्र स्वयं नादो मन्त्रात्मा जप्य ईदृशः ॥ इति । तथा सकारेण बहिर्याति हकारेण विशेत्पुनः । हंस-हंसेत्यमुं मन्त्रं जीवो जपति नित्यशः ॥ षट्शतानि दिवारात्रौ सहस्राण्येकविंशतिः । जपो देव्या विनिर्दिष्टः सुलभो दुर्लभो जडैः ॥ इति ॥ २७ ॥
In plain words
His talk is japa. Of such a one: He is always made of the sense of the supreme "I", in the way set out in the Svacchanda: "I alone am the supreme haṃsa, Śiva, the supreme cause." And he is established in the unmade reflective awareness "I", which is the great mantra, in the way set out in the Kālikākrama: "Of that God beyond the gods, whose nature is supreme awakening, reflective awareness is the supreme power, all-knowing, rich in knowledge." So whatever he speaks, and so on, becomes his japa, whose nature is the unbroken turning of reflective awareness of the deity that is his own Self. As the Vijñānabhairava says: "The contemplation that is contemplated again and again on the supreme state: that here is japa. The sound itself, whose self is mantra, is what is to be repeated, such as this." And again: "With the sound sa it goes out, with the sound ha it enters again; the jīva ever repeats this mantra, 'haṃsa, haṃsa'. Twenty-one thousand six hundred times, by day and by night: this japa of the Devī is taught, easy to have, and hard for the dull to find."