Nyayasutra 206

206.2

itaś ca dehādivyatirikta ātmā ---

206.3

savyadṛṣṭasyetareṇa pratyabhijñānāt ||

Because what was seen with the left [eye] is recognized with the other.

206.4

pūrvaparayor vijñānayor ekaviṣaye pratisandhijñānaṃ pratyabhijñānam --- tam evaitarhi paśyāmi yam ajñāsiṣam sa evāyam artha iti savyena cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭasyetareṇāpi cakṣuṣā pratyabhijñānād yam adrākṣaṃ tam evaitarhi paśyāmīti/

Recognition is a synthesizing cognition regarding a single object belonging to an earlier and a later cognition: 'I am seeing right now that very thing which I cognized; this is that very same object.' Because what was seen with the left eye is recognized by the other eye as well: 'What I saw, that very thing I am seeing right now.'

206.5

indriyacaitanye tu nānyadṛṣṭam anyaḥ pratyabhijānātīti pratyabhijñānupapattiḥ/ asti tv idaṃ pratyabhijñanam tasmād indriyavyatiriktaś cetanaḥ//7//

If, however, consciousness belonged to the sense organs, one would not recognize what was seen by another, and thus recognition would be untenable. But this recognition does exist; therefore, the conscious entity is distinct from the sense organs.