yadi vijñānaṃ jaḍarūpatayātmānaṃ na saṃvedayate tadā tasya svato 'pratyakṣatve 'rthānubhavo 'pyapratyakṣatayā na syāt
If consciousness, being of unconscious nature, does not experience itself, then due to its being imperceptible to itself, the experience of objects too would not exist due to [its] imperceptibility.