syād etat yathā bahiravasthitanīlādisannidhānād anīlādirūpam api saṃvedanaṃ nīlādirūpanirbhāsaṃ bhavati tathā bāhyasukhādyupadhānavaśād asātādirūpam api sātādirūpamiva lakṣyate tena saṃvedanasya sātādirūpatve 'pi na sukhādīnāṃ saṃvidrūpatvaṃ sidhyatyato naikāntikatā maulasya hetor ityāśaṅkyāha ekatretyādi /
[One might object:] "Just as consciousness, though itself devoid of blue and other forms, appears to have the form of blue due to the proximity of external blue objects, similarly [consciousness], though devoid of the nature of pleasure and other [feelings], appears as if having their nature due to the imposition of external pleasure and so forth. Therefore, even if consciousness has the nature of pleasure etc., the nature of consciousness is not established for pleasure and other [feelings]. Hence the primary reason is not conclusive." [To this he] responds with [the verse beginning with] "ekatra."