teṣāṃ ca netrādīnām avaikalye 'pi viṣayākhyasya vastuno 'sannihitatvenāsattve 'pi na pravartata iti prakṛtena saha sambandhaḥ /
And even when those [organs] like eyes are intact, if the object called the subject [of cognition] is absent in the sense of not being proximate, [cognition] does not function - this is to be connected with the present context.