atrāsya hetor asiddhatām udbhāvayan, yathoktam "bhūtānyeva na santīti nyāyo 'yaṃ para iṣyatā"miti asyāś ca pratijñāyāḥ pratyakṣādivirodhamādarśayan, prathamasya hetor avyāptim eva pratipādayituṃ para āha yadi jñātātirekeṇetyādi /
Pointing out the inadmissibility of this reason here, as it was said "Let the opponent accept the principle that material elements do not exist at all", and showing that this proposition contradicts perception etc., the opponent speaks beginning with "if distinct from cognition" etc. to establish precisely the non-pervasion of the first reason.