yasmād asau vipratipannaḥ sarvapratītyapalāpī na śakyate prasiddhilakṣaṇena candratvaṃ pratipādayitum / na cānyalliṅgam asti vastubalapravṛttaṃ, yena candratvaṃ śaśini pratipādyeta candrādivyapadeśasyecchāmātrānurodhitvenāvastudharmatvād iti taṃ pratyadṛṣṭāntakamanumānam uktam /
Since that opponent, denying all cognition, cannot be made to understand moon-ness through [something] characterized as well-known, and since there exists no other inferential mark proceeding from the force of [real] things by which moon-ness could be established in the hare-bearer—because the designation "moon" etc. conforms to mere wish [and] is not a property of the thing—therefore an inference without example has been stated with respect to him.