athavā mābhūdāgamato bādhā, tathāpi duṣṭa eva pratijñārthaḥ, pratyakṣādibhir mānair bādhyamānatvād iti pratipādayann āha kiñcetyādi /
"Or even if there is no invalidation from scripture, still the content of [your] proposition is defective, because it is invalidated by perception and other means of valid cognition" - expressing this, he says what follows beginning with "moreover."