sa bahir deśasambandhaḥ pratyakṣam upalabhyata ityasyānaikāntikatām āha avasthetyādi / avasthalocanair dṛṣṭaṃ tathā pītādyavekṣyate
[The text] states the non-conclusiveness of the [argument] "that external spatial connection is directly perceived" with [the words] beginning with "avastha": Just as [something] is seen by the eyes in [different] states, so is yellow etc. observed.