pratibimbavad iti / viṣayiṇi viṣayopacārāt pratibimbajñānaṃ pratibimbaśabdenoktam / yadvā saptamyantād vatiḥ kartavyaḥ tena jñānam eva sāmarthyād ādheyatayā labhyate /
"Like a reflection": Due to metaphorical usage of the object for the subject, the word "reflection" denotes the cognition of reflection. Or the suffix -vat may be taken as following a locative ending; then consciousness itself is obtained as the content through implication.