śātakumbhātmakau suvarṇasvabhāvau varddhamānarucakākhyau bhāvau krameṇa yadā paśyati mūḍhamatiḥ, paśyannapi svabhāvavivekaṃ sadṛśāparotpattivipralabdho vivecayitum aśaktatvād ata eva samānāparabhāvena bhrāntinimittena vipralabdho 'vasthādvaye 'pi hemnaḥ sthiratvaṃ manyate
When the dull-minded person sees the two entities made of gold - known as pol and dish - in sequence, although seeing their distinct natures, [but] being deceived by the appearance of similar subsequent [forms] and being unable to discriminate, [and] thus being deceived by the cause of confusion regarding similar subsequent forms, imagines permanence even in the two states of gold.