tātkālikākṣasāmakṣyasāpekṣāḥ kevalaṃ kva cit
ābhāsā anyathānyatra tv andhāndhatamasādiṣu
— dependent on the sense's contemporaneous proximity (to the object); — only, merely; — in some cases; — the appearances; — otherwise; — in other cases; — but; — as in the blind, in deep darkness, and the like
The appearances are dependent on the sense-faculty's contemporaneous proximity (to the object) only in some cases; in others, however — as for the blind, in deep darkness, and the like — it is otherwise.