kiñca nityasya jñānātmanaḥ pratyakṣato vā siddhir bhavedanumānato vā na tāvat pratyakṣata iti darśayati rūpetyādi /
Moreover, the establishment of an eternal conscious self could be either through perception or through inference; that it is not [established] through perception is shown [in the verse beginning with] "rūpa" etc.