ataḥ kāraṇamātre sādhye siddhasādhyatā viśeṣeṇa sādhane 'numānabādhā, ananvayadoṣaś ca pūrvavad iti sūcayan hetośceṣṭaviparītasādhanād viruddhatetidarśayati niraṃśetyādi /
Thus when merely establishing a cause, there is redundancy; when establishing a specific [cause], there is (1) invalidation by inference, (2) lack of concomitance as before, and [the author] shows that (3) the reason is contradictory since it proves the opposite of what is intended, [beginning with] "niraṃśa" [in the base text].