atha keyam anutpattir ity āha sātmano 'pariṇāmo vā vijñānaṃ vānyavastunīti. sā pratyakṣāder anutpattiḥ, niṣedhyābhimataghaṭādipadārthajñānarūpeṇāpariṇataṃ sāmyāvasthamātmadravyam ucyate, ghaṭādiviviktabhūtalajñānaṃ vā.
Now [if someone] asks "What is this non-arising?" [The answer] states "Either the non-transformation of the self or the cognition regarding another object." That non-arising of perception etc. is said to be either the soul-substance in a state of equilibrium not transformed into the form of cognition of objects like pot etc. which are intended to be negated, or the cognition of ground as devoid of pot etc.