atha pratibimbād bimbasya yā gatis tasyā na kvacid antarbhāvo 'styavastutvātpratibimbasya / tasmād avyāpi lakṣaṇam ityāśaṅkyāha liṅgāccetyādi /
[Someone might] object: "The inference of an object from its reflection cannot be included anywhere [in your classification] because a reflection is not a real entity; therefore your definition is too narrow" - thinking thus, [the author] says [the verse beginning with] "liṅgāc ca."