etad uktaṃ bhavati paramārthataḥ svapratibhāsānubhave 'pi vaktur evamadhyavasāyo bhavati mayāsmai bāhya evārthaḥ pratipādyate
This means that although in reality the speaker experiences only what appears in his own [consciousness], he determines [the situation] thus: "I am conveying an external object to this person."