Then, again, between the functions of the senses and the ideas which are their result, the mind is an entity quite separate from the senses and is considered to have an action of its own. With its aid one distinguishes what is existent from what is non-existent for arriving at certainty.
ज्ञानज्ञेयान्तरे तस्मिन् मनो नामापरो गुणः। विचारयति येनायं निश्चये साध्वसाधुनि॥