tathā hi śābdī buddhirabāhyārthaviṣayāpi satī svollekhaṃ svākāraṃ bāhyārthatayādhyavasyantī jāyate na paramārthato vastusvabhāvaṃ spṛśati, yathātattvamanadhyavasāyāt //
For verbal cognition, even while not having external objects as its domain, arises determining its own manifestation [and] its own form as an external object, [but] does not touch the true nature of reality, because [its] determination is not in accordance with reality.