tasyāṃ cārthavittau tadātmabhūtāyām jñānātmabhūtāyāṃ kīdṛśo 'paro jñānasyārthasaṃvedanātmako vyāpāro bhaved ātmyavyatirikto yenārthavittauvyāpṛtam iti bhavet / na cātmanyeva vyāpṛtir yuktā //
In that apprehension of objects which constitutes the very nature of cognition, what other operation of cognition in the form of object-awareness could there be separate from its own nature, by which one could say that "[cognition] functions in the apprehension of objects"? Indeed, it is not logical that something should function upon itself.