syād etat yadyapi pṛthaksambandhinau gṛhītau śrotrādicetasā, tayoś ca ghaṭanopamayā kriyate, tasmād ghaṭanayā prāmāṇyam upamānasya syād ity āha pṛthag ityādi /
This might be [objected]: "Although the two relata are apprehended through auditory and other cognitions, their combination is made through analogy, and therefore the validity of analogy would lie in [this] combination" - to this [the author] states "Apart from these two" and so forth.