anyathā kathaṃ tatra jñānaṃ vyāpriyeta / nahyasati śaśaviṣāṇādau kasyacid vyāpāraṇaṃ yuktam / tataś ca tadarthānubhavātmakaṃ rūpaṃ svabhāvo yadi jñānādavyatiriktaṃ bhavet tadā jñāne 'rthānubhavātmakatvaṃ yad taduktam īdṛśaṃ vā prakāśatvaṃtasyārthānubhavātmakam iti tadyuktaṃ syāt /
Otherwise, how could cognition function there? For the operation of anything upon what does not exist (like a hare's horn) is not logical. Therefore, if that nature in the form of object-apprehension were non-different from cognition, only then would it be logical that cognition has the nature of object-apprehension, as has been stated [earlier] that "its illuminative nature consists in being of the nature of object-apprehension."