neti vakṣyamāṇena sambandhaḥ // anyathāpohātmakasyāpi na gatvasya samāśrayaḥ / ittham eveti cennaivam āśrayāsiddhatāptitaḥ //
The word "na" is to be connected with what follows. If it be urged that [the letter ga] is not the substratum of "ga-ness" which is of the nature of exclusion [of others], [we reply] that this cannot be so, because [in that case] there would be no established substratum.