yo hi gatimān sa sannikṛṣṭamāśu prāpnoti, viprakṛṣṭaṃ cireṇa, yathā devadatto grāmād grāmāntaraṃ gacchan, śākhācandramasos tu tulyakālamunmeṣasamanantaram eva grahaṇaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ, tasmād aprāpyakāri cakṣur iti gamyate /
For that which has movement reaches what is near quickly and what is distant slowly, just as Devadatta going from one village to another; but in the case of [seeing] a branch and the moon, the perception occurs simultaneously immediately upon opening the eyes. Therefore it is understood that the eye operates without contact.