ātmano 'pariṇāma ekaḥ padārthāntaraviśeṣajñānaṃ dvitīyaḥ "sātmano 'pariṇāmo vā vijñānaṃ vānyavastunī"ti vacanāt pramāṇanivṛttimātrātmakastṛtīyaḥ trilakṣaṇena yā buddhir janyate sānumeṣyate /
[These are:] first, the non-transformation of the self; second, the cognition of some other particular object, as stated in the passage "either non-transformation of the self or cognition of other objects"; and third, [that which] consists merely in the cessation of means of cognition, [as stated in] "that cognition which is produced by the three characteristics is considered to be inference."