sad eva ca kāryaṃ madhyāvasthāyāṃ / sac ca sarvātmanā paramatena dadhyādīti vyāpakaviruddhopalabdhiprasaṅgaḥ /
[If] the effect exists already in its intermediate state, and according to the opponent's view curd etc. exists in all [its] aspects, [then] this leads to the undesirable consequence of perceiving something that contradicts a universal [law].