tādavasthyapratiṣedhamātram evānityatā sādhyatveneṣṭā, tatrāpi pradīpa udāharaṇaṃ sādhyānvitamastyeveti kutaḥ sādhyahīnatā dṛṣṭāntasya //
The non-eternality that is intended as [our] probandum is merely the negation of [an entity's] continuing state, and in this regard the lamp serves as an example that indeed possesses the probandum – so how could the example be devoid of the probandum?