sa hyāha saṅkhyāpratyayo gajaturaṅgasyandanādivyatiriktanibandhano gajādipratyayavilakṣaṇatvān nīlapaṭapratyayavad iti /
He [the opponent] says thus: "The cognition of number must have a basis distinct from elephant, horse, chariot and such things, because it differs from the cognitions of elephant etc., just like the cognition of blue cloth."