yadi nirūpayatas tasyāpi bādhakasya bādhakāntaramutpadyate, tadā madhyamasya tṛtīyena bādhitatvāt prathamam eva pramāṇaṃ bhavet
If upon investigation another sublater of that sublater arises, then due to the middle [cognition] being sublated by the third, the first [cognition] alone becomes valid