tathā hi kūpāntargatodakavaddarpaṇatale pratibimbakamantargatamupalabhyate;na ca darpaṇatalasya vibhāgaḥ randhramasti; nibiḍatarāvayavasanniveśāt; tasmād bhrāntiriyam /
For just as water is perceived [as being] inside a well, the reflection is perceived [as being] inside the mirror-surface; and yet the mirror-surface has no divisions [or] empty space, because its component parts are very densely arranged; therefore this [perception] is an illusion.