ataḥ sa evānvayavyatirekavān hetureṣāṃ siddhaḥ, tadgatānvayavyatirekasyaivānuvidhānāt ato vaiphalyaṃ hetuprayogaprayāsasya //
Therefore that alone is established as their cause possessing positive and negative concomitance, since [the notions] follow only the positive and negative concomitance inherent in that [collection of conventions]. Hence the effort of applying [other] reasons is futile.