yadyavastutvād iti sāmānyenopādīyate tadā heturasiddhaḥ, yataḥ pratibimbātmanorvācyavācakāpohayor bāhyavastutvena bhrāntair adhyavasitatvāt sāṃvṛtaṃ vastutvamastyeva
If [the reason] "because they are non-entities" is taken as a general statement, then [that] reason is unestablished, because the two apohas—which are in the nature of reflections [and consist of] the denoted and denoter—are apprehended by deluded [persons] as external entities, and thus do possess conventional entity-hood.