yathā bimbādanantaraṃ pratibimbamutpadyate, tathā bauddhopanyastasādhanānantaraṃ pratisādhanaṃ mīmāṃsakasyodetītyarthaḥ /
Just as a reflection appears after [the appearance of] the reflected object, similarly after the Buddhist's argument arises the Mīmāṃsaka's counter-argument.