yady api tāni dravyādīni pratyakṣāṇi svarūpato, na ca śreyaḥsādhanatvena, tādrūpyeṇa ca teṣāṃ dharmatvam iṣyate na svarūpamātreṇa /
Although these [entities] such as substance are perceptible in their own form, [they are] not [perceptible] as means of accomplishing the highest good, and their dharma-nature is accepted in that [latter] form, not merely in their own form.