nacaiva mukhyato 'rthasya grāhakaṃ jñānaṃ yuktam sarvabhāvānāṃ svasvabhāvavyavasthiteḥ na hi tadātmā yaḥ so 'parasyāpi /
Indeed, cognition cannot primarily be the apprehender of an object, because all entities rest in their own nature; for that which is the self of one thing cannot be the self of another.