tataśacānavadhārite sambandhe pratīyamānamapramāṇakaṃ syāt nirnibandhanapratītikaṃ syāt nirnibandhanā cet pratītiḥ sarvaṃ sarvasmāt pratīyetetyatiprasaṅgo 'nivārya eva //
And thus when the relationship is unascertained, what is cognized would be invalid, [it] would be a baseless cognition; and if cognition were baseless, the undesirable consequence that everything [could be] cognized from everything would be unavoidable.