gauṇaṃ yato 'caitanyādivyāvṛttāḥ sarva eva pumāṃsastenārthāntaravyāvṛttirūpā caitanyaṃ jātistadanugāminī kalpyate natvekā tātvikī sāstīti /
Since all puruṣas are excluded from insentience and similar [qualities], therefore a genus called "consciousness" is assumed to follow them [merely] as excluding other things, though no such real genus exists.