tasmān mābhūd atiprasaṅga iti / yatraivārthe vikalpasamāropite bāhyārthavyavasāyinyā buddhyā gṛhītaṃ nāma saṃjñā, gavayopalambhe 'pi tatraiva tannāma pratipadyate, natu bāhye svalakṣaṇe gavayākhye /
Therefore, lest there be overextension, when a name [or] designation has been grasped by a determining cognition that apprehends an external object with reference to a conceptually superimposed meaning, even upon perceiving a gavaya, one understands that name [as referring] to that same [conceptual object], not to the external particular called "gavaya."