ādyam iti "samāśritāḥ kvacicchabdā" ityādinā yaduktaṃ tadasādhanaṃ siddhisādhyatādoṣād iti bhāvaḥ //
"The first [reason]" refers to what was stated beginning with "sounds subsist somewhere" - [this] is not a [valid] proof due to the fault of proving what is [already] established - this is the meaning.