hetoḥ sādhyena tādātmyatadutpattilakṣaṇe sambandhe pratipādite 'rthadvāreṇa sambaddhaireva pakṣadharmānvayavyatirekavacanair eko 'rthaḥ sāmarthyād yathāsamīhitaḥ pratipādyata iti
When the relation between the reason and what is to be proved, characterized by identity or causation, has been established, then through connected statements about the presence [of the reason] in the subject and [its] positive and negative concomitance, the single intended meaning is established through their capability