tathā hi yadi nāma tena viṣayasyābhāvāt tadgrahaṇātmakaṃ jñānaṃ neṣṭam svasaṃvedanātmakaṃ tu tadavaśyamaṅgīkartavyam /
For if, due to the absence of that object [i.e., no-self], cognition is not accepted as having the nature of grasping that [object], then it must necessarily be accepted as having the nature of self-awareness.