yathā kilāndhasya cakṣuṣmatpuruṣasambandhād artheṣu pravṛttir bhavati tathā mahadādikaṃ liṅgaṃ cetanapuruṣasamparkāccetanāvad iva dharmādiṣu kāryeṣvadhyavasāyaṃ karotītyadoṣaḥ
Just as a blind person acts towards objects through connection with a sighted person, so the manifest [principles] beginning with mahat, through contact with the conscious puruṣa, make determinations regarding effects like dharma etc. as if conscious - thus there is no fault.