yadi hyasiddhasambandhasya liṅgatvaṃ bhavet tadā divāvākyoccāraṇād aśeṣavākyapratipattir bhavet, na rātribhojanavākyasyaiva /
For if something could be an inferential indicator even when its relation [to what it indicates] is not established, then from the utterance of the sentence about not-eating during the day, one would have to cognize all [possible] sentences, not just the sentence about eating at night.