tathā hi nāsau santāno jñātavān pūrvaṃ nāpyadhunā jānāti tasya kalpitatvenāvastutvāt na cāvastuno jñātṛtvaṃ bhavati tasya vastudharmatvāt /
For indeed, this series neither cognized in the past nor does it cognize now, because being merely conceptual it is not a real entity; and what is not a real entity cannot be a cognizer, since being a cognizer is a property [that belongs only] to real entities.