yat punar uktaṃ nimittāntarād utpāda ityasyāyam artha iti, tatra prativihitameva sāmānyena kiñcinnimittāntaram astīti sādhane siddhasādhyatā, saṅketamanaskārasya nimittatveneṣṭatvāt viśeṣeṇa tvanvayavaikalyaṃ vyabhicāraś ca pācakādipratyayair iti
As regards the explanation offered [by Uddyotakara] of the assertion that "the appearance of these notions is due to other causes," this has already been answered by pointing out that if some general kind of cause is meant, then the argument proves what is [already] established, since we accept conventional conception as being the cause; if, on the other hand, any particular cause is meant, then there is both absence of concomitance and deviation, as shown by such notions as those of "cook" and the like.