kiṃ punar atra kāritramabhipretam, yadi darśanādilakṣaṇo vyāpāraḥ, yathā pañcānāṃ cakṣurādīnāṃ darśanādikam yataścakṣuḥ paśyati śrotraṃ śṛṇoti ghrāṇam jighrati jihvā svādayatītyādivijñānasyāpi vijñātṛtvaṃ, vijānātīti kṛtvā rūpādīnām indriyagocaratvam /
What then is meant here by "activity"? If it is operation characterized by seeing and so forth - just as seeing and so forth are [the activities] of the five [senses] beginning with the eye, since the eye sees, the ear hears, the nose smells, the tongue tastes, and consciousness too has the nature of being conscious because it cognizes - [and if] thus color and other [objects] are within the scope of the senses...