viṣayabhedata ityata hetau / yathāgnyādiliṅgibuddher dhūmādiliṅgabuddhir viṣayabhede 'pi kāraṇaṃ tathātrāpi bhaviṣyatīti hetor anaikāntikatvam //
[It refers] to this reason "because of difference of objects." Just as the cognition of the inferential mark 'smoke' etc. is the cause of the cognition of what is marked 'fire' etc. even though their objects are different, so it might be in this case too—thus [showing] the inconclusiveness of the reason.