na tāvad ādyaḥ pakṣaḥ suptamūrcchānyacittānāṃ satyapyakṣe 'nuguṇamanaskārābhāvād akṣabuddher anutpatteḥ /
The first alternative is not [possible], because in [the case of] those who are asleep, unconscious, or whose mind is elsewhere, even when the sense organs are present, sense cognition does not arise due to the absence of favorable mental attention.