yat punar anyathāsvabhāvo 'sya khyātimūḍhānāśa sāmarthyādāgantukapratyayabalādevetyavatiṣṭhate, na svabhāvatvena yathā rajvāṃ sarpapratyayasya /
Any other nature [attributed to cognition] exists only due to the power of those confused about [its true] appearance and due to the force of adventitious conditions, not as [its] inherent nature - just as [in the case of] the cognition of a snake in a rope.