ācāryadignāgapādair ālambanapratyayavyavasthārtham uktam yadantarjñeyarūpaṃ tu bahirvadavabhāsate / so 'rtho jñānarūpatvāt tat pratyayatayāpi ca //
The venerable teacher Dignāga has stated, for the purpose of establishing the ālambana-pratyaya: "That which is knowable [only] internally yet appears as if external - that object, being of the nature of cognition, [exists] also as its condition."