atha tatra tathābhūte nirmūlamapagatavijñāne dehe punar utpattir iṣyate vijñānasya tadā tatrotpattāviṣyamāṇāyāṃ maraṇābhāvaḥ prāpnoti mṛtasyāpipunar vijñānotpattiprasaṅgāt suptaprabuddhavat /
If, on the other hand, it is accepted that consciousness arises again in a body that has [thus] become completely devoid of consciousness, then—since consciousness would [be able to] arise there [again]—it would follow that there could be no death at all, because consciousness would arise again even in a dead person, just as [it does] in one who has awakened from sleep.