anumānasya tu vikalpātmakatvena sāmānyaviṣayatvān na pratibhāsavaśād vastuviṣayatvavyavasthā, vastuno 'pratibhāsāt, kiṃ tarhi niścayavaśāt.
As for inference, since it is conceptual in nature and has generalities as its object, [its] object-relatedness is not determined by [actual] appearance [of the object], due to the non-appearance of the [real] object, but rather by conviction.