prayogaḥ yo yeṣu yadākāravilakṣaṇaḥ pratyayaḥ sa tadarthāntaranibandhanaḥ yathā devadatte daṣḍīti pratyayaḥ
The logical formulation is: Whatever cognition appears with respect to certain things in a form different from them must be based on something distinct from them, just as the cognition "stick-bearer" with respect to Devadatta