Pramanavarttikasvavritti 1.319

1.319

yathā nityaparokṣāṇāmapīndriyādīnāmanumānantathātmano bhaviṣyatīti ce dāha . indriyāṇāmityādi . ādiśabdāt smṛtibījādīnāṃ . vijñārnameva kāryantasya kādācitkatvāt . tathā hi satsvapi rūpālokamanaskāreṣu nimīlitalocanādyavasthāsu vijñānasyābhāvāt . punaśconmīlitalocanāvasthāsu bhāvāt . vijñānakāryaṃ kāraṇāntarasāpekṣaṃ sidhyati tatosya sāpekṣyasiddhyā indriyādīnāmprasiddhirucyate .

If it is objected: "Just as there is inference of sense faculties and so forth, even though they are permanently beyond the senses, so there will be [inference] of the soul," he says: "Of the sense faculties..." and so forth. By the word 'and so on' [are included] the seeds of memory and so forth. Consciousness itself is the effect, because it is occasional. To explain: even when visible form, light, and mental attention are present, consciousness is absent in states such as having one's eyes closed, and it is present again in states such as having one's eyes open; thus, the effect [which is] consciousness is established as depending on another cause. Therefore, through the establishment of this dependence, the establishment of the sense faculties and so forth is spoken of.