ākāravān bāhyo 'rthaḥ sa bahir deśasambaddhaḥ pratyakṣam upalabhyate ityanenagranthena bhāṣyakṛtā śabareṇa grāhyasaṃvittir grāhakānubhavād vināpi pratipāditam /
Through this text, Śabara, the author of the Bhāṣya, has established that "the external object possessing form is directly perceived as connected with external space," [thereby showing] that there is cognition of the apprehended object even without experience of the apprehender.