tatra yadi pareṇa vaktṛtvānugamena tat praṇītatvam āgamasyeṣṭaṃ syāt tadā bhaved vaktṛtvābhāvād āgamasyātat praṇītatvaprasaṅgaḥ yāvatādhipatyamātreṇāsau tasyāgamasya praṇetābhyupagato na vaktṛtvopagamāt /
If the opponent [Buddhist] had accepted the Scripture's being composed [by Buddha] on the grounds of [His] speakership, then there might be the undesirable consequence that due to absence of speakership, the Scripture would not be composed [by Him]. However, He is accepted as the composer of that Scripture merely through [His] supervision, not through [His] being accepted as the speaker.