tatra pūrvasya jñānasyānarthe 'pyartharūpeṇa pravṛttidarśanād uttarakālabhāvinas tadviṣayāvinābhūtasparśagrāhiṇo jñānān na niścayotpattir apekṣyante /
In this case, even if the first cognition is objectless, since it proceeds in the form of an object, certainty does not depend on the later cognition that apprehends the touch which is invariably concomitant with that object.