dṛṣṭau vā kvacid etasyā dravyādāvanivāraṇam / atha tasminnadṛṣṭau tu bhede praśnau na yujyate //
If such [subsistence] has been perceived somewhere, [then] it cannot be denied in substances and so forth; if, however, it has not been perceived, then questions about [its] distinction [into parts] are not appropriate.