yasmād arthasya sattāyā vyāpakaṃ na ca kāraṇam / pramāṇaṃ bhedasadbhāvād vyabhicārāt tadudbhavāt //
Because a means of cognition is neither pervasive of the existence of a thing nor its cause, [firstly] due to the presence of difference [between them], [secondly] due to their non-concomitance, and [thirdly] due to [the means of cognition] arising from that [thing].