nanu bādhāntaranivṛttir bāhyavastugato dharmaḥ, sā kathaṃ pratibimbādhigame hetubhāvaṃ karaṇabhāvaṃ vā pratipadyata ityatrāha yadi vastu vijātīyādityādi /
[In response to] the objection: "The exclusion of other things is a property belonging to the external object - how can it be either a cause or an instrument in the apprehension of the reflection?" - he states "yadi vastu vijātīyāt" etc.