syād etad yadi nityaikā buddhis tadā kimiti krameṇa rūpādīn pratipadyate / yāvatā sakṛdeva pratīyād viśeṣābhāvād ity āha svarūpeṇetyādi /
This objection might arise: if cognition is eternal and one, then why does it apprehend color and other [objects] in sequence? Since there is no distinction [in cognition itself], it should apprehend [everything] simultaneously - thus he says "by its own nature" and so forth.