kiṃ ca yadā śrotrādigatāḥ śaktayaḥ pakṣīkriyante tadā śrotrādiśaktipakṣe yāvān hetuḥ prayujyate śaktisādhanāya sarvo 'sau hetur āśrayāsiddhaḥ syāt, āśrayabhūtānāṃ śaktīnām asiddhatvāt /
Moreover, when the potencies residing in the ear and other [organs] are made the subject [of inference], then whatever reason is employed for proving the potencies, all such reasons would be [fallacious due to] unestablished substratum, because the potencies which are the substratum are not established.