nāsiddhā api tu siddhaiva, kasmāt/ abhrāntenaikacandracetasā vyavadhānāsiddheḥ / tasyopalabhyasyāntarāle 'nupalabhyamanatvāt /
[It is] not inadmissible but rather admissible. Why? Because there is no intervention by the unmistaken cognition of the single moon, [and] because while that [intervention] would be perceivable if present, [it is] not perceived in between.