yadi prathamāvasthābhāvibhyo 'samadhigatapaṭākhyānebhyastantubhyaḥ paṭasya bhedaḥ sādhyate tadā siddhaṃ sādhyate /
If what is being proved is the difference of the cloth from those threads in their initial state which have not yet acquired the designation "cloth," then [you] are proving what is [already] established.