tṛtīyarāśyantarābhāvenaikatvānekatvābhyāṃ sattvasya vyāptatvād vyāpyavyāpakabhāvānupapattir viparyaye bādhakaṃ pramāṇam iti nānaikāntikatānantarasya hetoḥ /
Since existence is pervaded by either oneness or manyness due to the absence of a third alternative, the impossibility of the relation between pervaded and pervader would be the invalidating cognition for the opposite [view]; hence the reason is not inconclusive.