kecijjñātārthānyathānupapattyā, jñāto 'rtho na siddhyati yadi buddhir na bhavet tasya svayaṃ jaḍarūpatvāt /
[Others argue that] due to the impossibility of explaining [things] otherwise, a known object cannot be established if cognition were not [self-cognizing], since it [the object] is by nature inert.