tatra na tāvat pratyakṣataḥ tathā hi pratyakṣābhimatena jñānena nirākāreṇa vārthasya grahaṇaṃ syāt sākāreṇa vā /
[Let us examine whether] the external object can be apprehended either through formless or formed cognition that is considered to be perceptual.