sa hyāha svātantryeṇa prasaṅgamukhena vā yat sādhanaṃ kriyate tat svayam upalabdhau satyāṃ saṃgacchate anyathā hyasiddhatā doṣaḥ syāt, naca bhavatā kvacid apyekasyānekasmin kārtsnyaikadeśābhyāṃ vṛttir upalabdhaiua yasyā vṛtterasambhavād, avayavidravyamasat syāt /
For he says: "When a reason is adduced, whether directly or through reductio ad absurdum, it becomes applicable only when it is itself apprehended; otherwise there would be the fault of being unproven. And you have not perceived anywhere the subsistence of one thing in many, either wholly or partially, due to the impossibility of which subsistence [you claim] the composite substance would be non-existent."