tathaiva nityacaitanyaḥ pumāṃso dehavṛttayaḥ / gṛhṇantī karaṇānītān rūpādīndhīrasau ca naḥ
In the same way, souls, though possessing eternal consciousness, [when] embodied, grasp colors and other [objects] brought [to them] by the sense organs, and this is [what we call] our cognition.