dvitīye 'pi pakṣe sa parokṣo 'rtho viṣayo bhavan sākṣād vā syād vyavadhānādvā parāśrayeṇa, tatra tāvan na sākṣāt tasyāparokṣatvaprasaṅgāt pratyakṣārthavat /
Even in the second alternative, when that imperceptible object becomes the object [of cognition], would it be [cognized] directly or indirectly through the intervention of something else? First, it cannot be [cognized] directly, because that would result in its becoming perceptible, like a perceptible object.