nanu cānaikāntiko hetus tathā hi yadi nāma vināśaṃ prati hetvantarānapekṣā bhāvās tathāpi sthitvā deśāntare kālāntare ca bhāvasya vināśasambhavād udayānantarāpavargitvam abhīṣṭam eṣāṃ sādhayituṃ na sidhyatītyāha anapekṣo 'pītyādi /
[The opponent says:] "But isn't the reason inconclusive? For even if things are independent of other causes with respect to destruction, since destruction can occur after persisting for some time, in another place and at another time, what you wish to prove - namely their cessation immediately after arising - is not established." [To this he] states "even though independent" etc.