buddhīnāṃ puruṣasya ca nityatvamekatā ceṣṭā kasmātcaitanyasvābhāvyāt buddhilakṣaṇacaitanyasvābhāvyāt puruṣasyāsmanmatenetyarthaḥ /
The eternality and oneness of cognitions and the puruṣa is claimed - why? Due to [their] having the nature of consciousness; that is, according to our view, because the puruṣa has the nature of consciousness characterized by cognitions.