athavā janmabuddhayo dharmiṇyaḥ, tāsām atītadehavarticaramavijñānajanyatvapratiṣedhaḥ sādhyaḥ, jñānatvād iti sāmānyaṃ hetuḥ, anyasantānavartinyobuddhayo nidarśanam /
"Alternatively, taking the cognitions of [this] birth as the subject, what is to be proved is the denial of their being produced by the final cognition in the past body; the general reason being 'because they are cognitions'; and cognitions occurring in other continua serve as examples."