tasyātmanastadānīm ajñatvāt yāvaddhi tasya śarīrendriyādiḥ kāryakāraṇasaṃghāto notpadyate tāvadayamajña upalabhyānapi rūpādīnviṣayānnopalabhate kuto 'nupalabhyau dharmādharmāvupalapsyata iti /
Because that ātman would be unconscious at that time; for as long as its aggregate of causes and effects consisting of body, sense organs, etc. is not produced, this unconscious [entity] does not perceive even perceptible objects like forms, etc. - how then could it perceive merit and demerit, which are imperceptible?