Sarvadarshanasangraha 16.46

16.46

atha mama śarīram iti bhedabhānasaṃbhavād gauṇatvaṃ manyethās tad ayuktam/ ahaṃśabdārthasya dehādibhyo niṣkṛṣyāsādhāraṇadharmavattvena pratibhāsamānatvābhāvāt/ aparathā lokāyatikamataṃ nodayam āsādayet/ mama śarīram ity uktis tu rāhoḥ śira itivad aupacārikī/ mama śarīram iti bruvāṇenāpi kas tvam iti pṛṣṭena vakṣasthalanyastahastena śṛṅgagrāhikayāyam aham iti prativacanasya dīyamānatvena dehātmapratyayasya sakalānubhavasiddhatvāt/ tad uktam :

If you should think that it is metaphorical because an appearance of difference is possible in the expression "my body," that is incorrect. For the referent of the word "I" does not appear as distinguished from the body and so forth by possessing an uncommon attribute; otherwise, the Lokāyata doctrine would never have arisen. But the statement "my body" is metaphorical, like [the phrase] "the head of Rāhu." For even one who says "my body," when asked "who are you?", places his hand on his chest and specifically answers "this is I"; thus the cognition of the self as the body is established by all experience. Hence it is said: