na, sthāpyasthāpakayor iva sthitimataḥ sthityā saha sambandhāsiddheḥ, anavasthāprasaṅgaśceti nirloḍitaprāyam etat
[We reply:] no, because the relationship between the existent and existence cannot be established, just as [between] what is made permanent and what makes permanent, and because this would lead to infinite regress - this has been mostly examined [before]