yadi hi svātantryeṇa martyatvaṃ bhavatopādīyate tadā sandigdhāsiddhatā / nahi bhagavato martyatvaprasādhakaṃ kiñcidbhavataḥ pramāṇam asti yena svātantryeṇa martyatvaṃ siddhaṃ bhavet tasmāt parakīyāgamadvāreṇa tvayā martyatvaṃ vaktavyam /
If indeed mortality is accepted by you independently, then [there is] doubtful non-establishment, for you have no proof establishing the mortality of the Blessed One by which mortality could be independently established; therefore mortality must be stated by you through others' scriptures.