nacaikasantānavartinaścetaso dehāntarasamāśrayaṇaṃ yuktam, gajavājyādicittavadekasantānasambandhitvahāniprasaṅgāt /
Nor is it reasonable for consciousness belonging to one continuum to take recourse to another body, because that would result in the loss of connection to a single continuum, as with the consciousness of elephants, horses and other [animals].