yasyāpi na bāhyo 'rtho 'stīti pakṣas tasyāpi mate nairātmyagrahaṇasvabhāvam eva jñānaṃ nātmadarśanātmakam tasyātmano 'sattvāt /
Even according to the view of one who maintains that external objects do not exist, cognition is of the nature of grasping no-self, not of the nature of perceiving a self, because that self does not exist.