US-P17.016ab ।US-P17.016cd ॥
In plain words
Consciousness appears divided into manifold forms purely because of imagined limiting adjuncts, just as a single crystal takes on various colors depending on what is placed near it.
Close to the Sanskrit
This knowledge is divided in manifold ways solely by imagined limiting adjuncts; just as variety arises in the case of a single crystal due to the difference of conditions.