mahābhūtādikaṃ vyaktam ityādau tu prayoge hetūnāṃ pūrvavadanekāntikatvaṃvipakṣe bādhakapramāṇābhāvāt sāmānyena siddhasādhyatā viśeṣeṇa dṛṣṭāntasya sādhyavikalateti yojanīyam //
In the argument beginning with "the manifest [world] consisting of the great elements," etc., the reasons, as before, [have the following flaws]: inconclusiveness due to absence of contradicting proof in the counter-case, futility when taken generally, and when taken specifically, the example lacks the probandum - thus should it be understood.