sambandho 'pi ca kalpita ityanenāpi sambandhādityasya, aṇvākāśādyapi ca kṣiptam ityanenākāśaparimāṇuvannityamityasyāsiddhatām āha apāstam iti /
[The statement] "The relationship too is conceptual" asserts the inadmissibility of [the reason] "because there is relationship," and [the statement] "The atom and ākāśa too are rejected" asserts the inadmissibility of [the example] "like eternal things such as ākāśa and atoms."