yadi buddhau gosārūpyānugataṃ na kiñcit pratibhāseta tadāyaṃ sadṛśo gavetikimāśritya saṅketaḥ kriyeta kriyate, ca samayaḥ, tasmād buddhistho gosārūpyānugata ākāraḥ kaścit samayakāle pratibhāsate ityabhyupagantavyam //
If nothing qualified by similarity to a cow appears in the mind, then on what basis would [or could] the convention "this is similar to a cow" be made? And yet such a convention is [actually] made. Therefore, it must be admitted that at the time of making the convention, some form qualified by similarity to a cow appears in the mind.