na vā maraṇatvaprasaṅgo bādhakaṃ pramāṇam paramārthataḥ kasyacid ātmādikasya mriyamāṇasyābhāvāt /
Nor can the contingency of death be [considered] a valid means of cognition that would negate [our position], because in ultimate reality there is no death of anything such as a soul or [similar entities].