yathā kila paṭutarakiraṇanikaraprotsāritasakalatimiraprasare savitari sakalajanasādhāraṇacakṣuṣi ca samantād bhātyapi svakarmāparāvā{dhā---}nurūpāsaṃjñāpṭutaralocanasyolūkāder na rūpam avatarati darśanapatham
Just as when the sun, [which is] the common eye of all people, having dispelled all darkness by its mass of sharp rays, shines all around, [yet] form does not enter the path of vision for owls and others whose eyes are inefficient according to their inability to perform their function