yadyevaṃ yadi pudgalo nāstyeva kasmād bhagavatā sa jīvas taccharīramanyo jīvo 'nyaccharīram iti pṛṣṭe noktam avyākṛtametad iti yāvatā nāstyeveti kasmānnoktam
[The opponent asks:] "If this is so, if the pudgala does not exist at all, why did the Blessed One, when asked whether 'that is the life-force, that is the body' [or] 'the life-force is different, the body is different', say 'this is unexplained' rather than simply saying 'it does not exist'?"