syād etat avyabhicāritaivetyāha tatrāpītyādi / tatrāpyudanvati tādātmyena yadyanalasvabhāvo 'ṅgīkriyate tadānale sādhye jalādir na vipakṣaḥ syāt /
[If] this [objection] were raised that "there is indeed non-deviation," [the author] responds with "there also" and so forth. If it is accepted that the ocean has the nature of fire due to [their] identity, then when fire is to be proved, water etc. could not be the counter-instance.