anyena vā nimitteneti yathā marumarīcikānicaye samupajātasalilavibhramasya puṃso 'nupasarpaṇāt salilasvabhāvaviviktamarusthalīnirbhāsi jñānaṃ nopajāyate
"Or due to some other reason" means: for instance, when a person who has the illusion of water arising upon seeing a mass of mirages does not approach [it], the cognition revealing the desert as distinct from the nature of water does not arise