yadi hyarthabhedakṛta eva buddhirbhedas tadā ye hastyādiśūnyāyāṃ bhuvi krameṇa gajaturagādīnavasthitān samāropayantaḥ pratyayāḥ pravartante teṣu bhedaḥ kimāśrayaḥ pratīyeta / naiva kaścidbhedavyavasthāśrayo 'stīti yāvat
If the difference in cognitions is caused solely by the difference in objects, then what could be the basis for the difference in those cognitions that arise successively imposing [the concepts of] elephants, horses, etc. on ground where there are no elephants, etc.? [This means] there is indeed no basis for establishing any difference.