yatas te sadādipratyayā amunā krameṇopajāyante tata evānyatra viṣayāntare gatacittasya vyāsaktamanasaḥ puro 'vasthitaṃ vastu paśyataḥ saṃmukhībhūtavastusaṅketamanaskārādyapravṛtteḥ prathamataraḥ sarvopādhiviviktavastumātradarśanaṃ pravartate /
Because those cognitions of "being" etc. arise in this sequence, therefore when someone whose mind has gone elsewhere to another object, whose mind is distracted, sees an object situated before [him], before the operation of attention to conventions etc. regarding the object that has come into view, the very first perception that proceeds is that of the mere thing separated from all qualifications.