svapnamūrchādyavasthāsu cittaṃ ca yadi neṣyate / mṛtiḥ syāt tatra cotpattau maraṇābhāva eva vā //
If consciousness is not admitted [to exist] in states of sleep, swoon and the like, then there would be death; and if [new consciousness] were produced [after these states], then there would be no death at all.