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In plain words
Citi — consciousness — stands clear of form, and clear of merit and fault: distinct, alone, nothing added. And it is that very Citi which runs on through every distinction the mind draws — this shape, that taste, and all the rest.
Close to the Sanskrit
And from form, and from merit and fault, distinct, alone, is Citi — consciousness. That very one follows along in the differentiating of form, taste, and the rest.