svavacanavirodhaś ca kumārilasya yathoktaṃ tenaiva na hi tatkṣaṇamapyāste jāyate vāpramātmakam / yenārthagrahaṇe paścād vyāpriyetendriyādivat //
And [there would be] self-contradiction in Kumārila's own words, as he himself has stated: "It neither remains for even a moment, nor does it arise as invalid [cognition], by which it could later engage in grasping objects like the senses and so forth."