US-P16.011ab ।US-P16.011cd ॥
In plain words
If you claim that the Self undergoes manifold states through mental efforts and changes, we say no: because its nature is pure, single consciousness—just like light—it can never become an object.
Close to the Sanskrit
If multiplicity of the Self, arising from efforts of knowing and others, is maintained, (we say) no, because of being of a single knowledge-nature, like light, (there is no) objecthood for it.