yathā cakṣurādīnāṃ rūpādau viṣaye prakāśakatvavyavasthānam asatyapyātmaprakāśakatve tathātrāpi jñāne bhaviṣyati //
Just as the eyes and other [sense organs] have their illuminating power established with respect to objects like form even without being self-illuminating, so too will it be in the case of cognition.