nanu sākārajñānapakṣe nīlādiprakāro jñānasyātmagata eva dharmo bahīrūpeṇa bhāsate tat kimucyate bahīrūpeṇa bhāsanājjñānātmadharmo na bhavatīti /
[Objection:] "In the view that cognition possesses forms, the mode of blue and other [qualities] is indeed an inherent property of cognition [itself] appearing in external form, so why is it said that 'because it appears in external form it cannot be a property of cognition'?"