pratyakṣeṇānyathā bhavediti pratyakṣeṇa karaṇabhūtena, anyathā anumānādipramitākāraviparīto bhavedity arthaḥ
"Could be [known] differently through direct perception" means: through direct perception as the instrument [of knowledge], "differently" means having a form contrary to what was established through inference etc.