yadi skandhebhyo 'nyaḥ pudgalaḥ syāt tadānīṃ tairthikaparikalpitātmadṛṣṭir bhavet tataś ca śāśvatātmaprasaṅgaḥ /
If the pudgala were different from the skandhas, then it would become the view of the ātman imagined by the Tīrthikas, and consequently [there would be] the unwanted consequence of [accepting] an eternal ātman.