dvitīye 'pi pakṣe hetor anaikāntikatvaṃ, mṛteṣvapi devadattādiṣu teṣāṃ gṛhyābhāvasya dṛṣṭatvād iti darśayann āha gehābhāvastviti
Even in the second alternative, the reason [hetu] is inconclusive, as absence in the house is observed even when Devadatta and others are dead - showing this, [the text] states "as for absence in the house" etc.