atha matam yathaikasmāt pradīpāddīpāntarotpattau na pūrvadīpasaṃskāreṇa sthaulyādilakṣaṇena viśiṣṭasyottarasya dīpasya sambhavaḥ, kiṃ tarhi/
Now [there might be] the opinion that when a second lamp is produced from one lamp, the subsequent lamp does not arise as qualified by the embellishments of the prior lamp such as size etc.; rather [what happens is this]: