ato 'naikāntiko hetur nanūktaṃ tadviśeṣaṇam / ucyate naiva siddhaṃ taccetaḥparyāyatāsthiteḥ //
Therefore the reason is inconclusive. [If you say] "But that qualification has been stated," [we] reply that it is not established, because consciousness remains synonymous [with Self].