tatra yadi sthūlatvād iti pāramārthikaṃ sthūlatvaṃ ca vastudharmamāśrityocyate hetus tadā sādhyadharmiṇi dṛṣṭāntadharmiṇi ca dharmidvaye 'pi prativādino na siddhaṃ sthūlatvam iti tadā hetur asiddho dṛṣṭāntaś ca sādhanavikalaḥ /
If in [the premise] "because of [its] grossness" the reason (hetu) is stated with reference to real grossness as a property of the thing, then the grossness is not established for the opponent in either case - neither in the subject to be proved nor in the example - and thus the reason is inadmissible and the example is defective in proof.