athāpi syāt anyāpohātmakasyāpi gatvāśrayo na bhavatīti, ittham anena prakāreṇa sādhyate, tena siddhasādhyatā na bhavati, nahyanyāpohādhāro gakārādir bhavato neṣṭa iti pūrvapakṣaṃ pratikṣipati /
[The author] refutes the prima facie view which states: "It might be argued that what is being proved is that [the letter ga] is not the substratum of ga-ness which is of the nature of exclusion of others, and thus there is no fault of proving what is [already] established, because you [Buddhist] do not deny that the letter ga is the substratum of exclusion of others."