tataś ca tasmin ādhārabhūte vastuni ajñāte tadadhikaraṇayor apohayos tadādheyatā kathaṃ grahītuṃ śakyate dharmigrahaṇanāntarīyakatvād dharmagrahaṇasya iti bhāvaḥ /
And consequently, when that substrate entity is unknown, how can the inherence of those two apohas which have that as their locus be grasped, since the grasping of a property is necessarily preceded by [the grasping of] the property-bearer - this is the meaning.