pratipāditaṃ hi pūrvaṃ yathā na pramāṇaṃ vastuno hetur nāpi vyāpakaṃ tat katham asya nivṛttāvapi vastu nivartate /
For it has been explained before that a means of proof is neither the cause of a thing nor its pervader; how then can the thing cease to exist when this [means of proof] ceases?