atha saṅketābhogādivyatiriktapadārthanibandhanaṃ sādhayitum abhipretaṃ tadānaikāntikateti prasaṅgodbhāvanavyājena darśayati buddhyādau saṅkhyaitenaiva vā bhaved iti /
If, however, what is intended to be proved is [the existence of] a basis in things distinct from conventional experience etc., then [the reason] is inconclusive - this is shown through a reductio ad absurdum: "the [existence of] number in cognition etc. would be due to this very [cause]."