athāpi syān nāsāvanumeyaḥ, kiṃ tarhi ---, atyantādṛśya ity āha adṛśyatve tu naivāyam iti /
[If] it might be argued that "it is not to be inferred, but rather it is absolutely imperceptible," [we] say that "if it is imperceptible, then this [sphoṭa] cannot [function at all]."